Dutch firm MVRDV has completed an enormous apartment building in the Indian city of Pune, featuring a series of connected blocks with sloping roofs, which branch out to enclose multipurpose courtyards.
The firm led by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries designed the Future Towers development for a site in the Amanora Park Town community on the outskirts of the rapidly expanding city.

The project, which provides accommodation for around 5,000 people, forms part of the township developed in response to an influx of young professionals moving to Pune to work in the auto-manufacturing and technology industries.
The surging demand for low-cost mass housing has led to significant development within the area, typically comprising clusters of identical high-rise towers.
MVRDV's proposal seeks to provide an alternative solution that also creates a more heterogenous mix of residents, by offering dwellings ranging in size from 45 to 450 square metres.
"In Asia cities are growing so fast, and uniform repetitive residential towers are the norm," said Jacob van Rijs, MVRDV principal and co-founder. "With our design, we are making an effort to offer more variety and bring people from more different backgrounds together."

Van Rijs added that the original masterplan for the site comprised 16 separate towers providing very similar accommodation.
But by grouping all of the living units together under one roof, the team was able to generate the desired ...