Narmada BioChem HQ Building Ahmedabad, Gujarat Offices Property, Indian Workplace Architecture Photos
Narmada BioChem HQ in Ahmedabad
16 Jun 2020
Architecture: Openideas
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Northwestern India

Photos: Sebastian Zachariah-Photographix and Panchkon- Harsh pandya
Narmada BioChem HQ, India
The client, Narmada Bio Chem Ltd is engaged in producing fertilizers for the agricultural sector. With an imminent IPO and the need to consolidate operations of three distinct locations into one, this project was seeded in creating an entity that would inspire trust in business partners and embody the company?s growth. The brief, then, specified a simple building which would reflect the organization?s ethos and identity.

The Narmada Bio Chem corporate office is a complication of a clear vision from the outset, an alignment of thoughts of the architects and the client ? and the constant strive for ?keeping things simple?.
What was the brief"

The design intent was formalized by open planning and organization simplicity ? and the endeavor became an exercise in rational and optimum space-planning, to fulfil the requirements on a tight, 570-sq-mt plot. The architects revisited the modernist architectural syntax to articulate a clean built-environment with good detailing.

What building methods were used"

The core company business being related to agriculture and agriculturists, prompted the architects to think of a material manifestation that would be ra...