The idea for moving landscape germinated from stumbling upon a stone, Bidasar Forest, that possesses an impression, as if, of tropical arid landscape fossilized within itself. Its polished surfaces against the native verdure of the Ahmedabad region made for the perfect setting, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.

© Edmund Sumner

Architects: Matharoo Associates

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Architect In Charge: Gurjit Singh Matharoo

Area: 1900.0 sqm

Project Year: 2012

Photographs: Edmund Sumner, Matharoo Associates

Project Team: Gurjit Singh Matharoo (Principal Architect) , Professor MC Gajjar (Architecural Advisor), Avneesh Tiwari (Architect) , Mohit Maru(Trainee), Irene Giubinni(Trainee), Shilpa Sushil (Trainee)
Client: Mr. Trilok Goyal

Structural Engineers: Matharoo Engineers, Rajendra Singh Matharoo (Principal), Hitesh Rathi

Mechanical Engineer: Harshad Jhaveri & Associates

Interior Designer: Matharoo Associates

Landscape Architect: Vagish Naganur

General Contractor: Shree Ram Builders, Ahmedabad

Structural System: Concrete walls and Slabs, Steel columns

Site Area: 3500 sq m

© Edmund Sumner

The idea for moving landscape germinated from stumbling upon a stone, Bidasar Forest, that possesses an impression, as if, of tropi...