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Automated Warehousing Facility in Faridabad
Contemporary Brick Building in Village Anangpur, India ? design by AKDA architects
17 Oct 2016
Automated Warehousing Facility, Faridabad
Design: AKDA, architects
Location: Village Anangpur, Faridabad, New Delhi, India
Faridabad Automated Warehousing Facility

Surrounded by a rapidly urbanizing village settlement, the 7 acre site is on the outskirts of New Delhi. The site?s existing rocky terrain posed a significant challenge to the spatial planning of the site.

The project brief was to create a large warehousing facility that would be equipped with a high degree of automation. With the exception of the office block, the building would have minimal human occupancy. However, a comprehensive environmental and energy strategy became essential required to maintain habitable temperatures throughout the year.
Planned in 3 incremental phases, the 140000sq ft structure is programmatically divided into 3 parts ? the warehouse, the loading bay and the north-facing office block which is interlocked with the other two. This layout enables easy stacking of future expansion with no loss of efficiency in material/ man movement. Each block is designed from within, the individual requirements dictating the overall dimensions.

The office is thin and narrow, facing the north through a glazed wall that brings in optimum daylight. The warehouses are largely square ...