SITE INTELLIGENCE
The 52,000 m² site is located along the arterial corridor fronting Nagawara Lake in northern Bengaluru within the city's expanding technology district. The plot benefits from direct connectivity to the Hebbal transport node and the Outer Ring Road technology corridor while maintaining a strong environmental edge along the lakefront landscape.
The predominantly flat terrain enables efficient masterplanning, allowing structured circulation systems, high-density development, and coordinated landscape networks. The lake-facing edge provides visual openness, environmental buffering, and opportunities for microclimatic moderation across the campus environment.
Site — Nagawara Lake Corridor, Bengaluru
The site lies within Bengaluru's northern technology corridor, fronting Nagawara Lake. Strong regional connectivity to employment hubs and transport infrastructure, with the lake edge providing passive environmental buffering.
NATURE
TECHNOLOGY
We are born from nature. We built technology from our minds.
The building must carry both — or it carries nothing.
ELEVARE NEXUS
THE LIVING CIRCUITLiving Circuit rejects the building as consumer. Every breath of air, every ray of light, every drop of water passes through the architecture and returns — transformed, not depleted.
Concept
The building breathes. It takes from the lake, the sun, the rain — and returns them transformed. It is not static. It is alive.
Everything is connected. Air enters. Water flows. Energy moves. Nothing escapes — it returns. The architecture is the loop.
Elevare Nexus does not extract from its site — it listens to it. Every ray of sun, every breath of lake air, every drop of rain becomes a resource that moves through the building and returns transformed.
This is not sustainable design. This is architecture with a nervous system.
THIS IS THE LIVING CIRCUIT.
The building form was not assumed — it was derived. A parametric framework tested hundreds of configurations against solar exposure, FAR constraints, structural logic, and tower spacing before arriving at the final massing.
Conventional Glass Every ray that enters must be cooled.
Microlouver IGU Geometry blocks what coating cannot.
Tilted Facade One angle. Derived from one observation. Solves everything.
PARAMETRIC FORM STUDY
Three variables control the entire tower geometry. Each was not chosen freely — each was derived from a specific constraint. The facade tilt is calculated from Bengaluru's critical sun altitude. The floor-to-floor height is the minimum that allows a workable structural and services zone. The polygon radius is the maximum that fits three towers within the site with a 16 m setback between them.
Typical floor — core position, planter zones, and structural grid.
BUILDING PARAMETERS
Once the floor geometry was fixed, the script was scaled to the full building. Each parameter below is a direct output of the optimisation process — not an assumption but a result.
PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS
Two critical problems emerged at the 3–4 floor scale during optimisation. Each was addressed through a targeted geometric resolution.
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FLOOR PLATE STRESS DISTRIBUTION
Sharp angular intersections between tilted panels create structural stress points at floor plate corners, requiring oversized connections and adding dead load.
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VERTEX HEAT & PANEL GLARE
Heatmap reveals peak stress accumulation at perimeter column junctions and sharp edge vertices. Load transfers radially from core outward through beam network. Corner geometry amplifies stress concentration — requiring resolution through chamfering or edge redistribution.
Diagonal steel members form a self-bracing diagrid network across the facade - transferring lateral wind and seismic loads directly into the perimeter frame without relying on internal shear walls. AAC infill panels reduce dead load. Chamfered node connectors distribute stress evenly at junctions, eliminating concentration points. The system is structural and architectural simultaneously.
Microlouver IGU at 20° tilt intercepts peak solar radiation before it enters. A secondary inner glass layer traps residual heat in the cavity — preventing conduction into occupied space. Terrace planters at each floor introduce evapotranspiration cooling, reducing the ambient temperature around the facade and lowering HVAC demand passively.
SITE POSITIONING & PODIUM
The three towers share a unified podium that connects them to the ground and to each other. The podium also houses a 400-person capacity 4-star hotel, making it a combined hospitality and technology base. Its orientation and open edges are calibrated to draw cooled air from Nagawara Lake across the campus.
Tower Placement: The three IT office towers are positioned to maximise lake views, maintain minimum 20m inter-tower spacing for air movement, and avoid casting shadows on the hotel during critical morning hours. The hotel occupies the southwest corner, separated from the towers, directly facing the lake, with an unobstructed lakefront edge. Tower footprints are set back 16m from the site boundary in compliance with BBMP high-rise regulations, with the remaining ground coverage dedicated to landscape and the podium.
Podium: The organic stepped podium unifies all three towers at ground level, activating the street edge with commercial programme through the first six floors. Its curved form is not aesthetic, it is "Aerodynamic". The podium geometry channels cool air arriving from Nagawara Lake through the campus, preventing stagnation between towers and maintaining passive airflow across the site at pedestrian level.
SPATIAL PLANNING
Movement Strategy
The site circulation separates vehicular, service, and pedestrian movement into independent networks. Click any label on the plan to read the definition of that element. Scroll to zoom. Middle-click and drag to pan.
SITE COMPONENTS
Strategic Expression
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FLOOR PLATE STRATEGY
The typical office floor is divided into four zones radiating from a central core — open workspace on east and north, team workspace on south, and a collaboration lounge on west. The peripheral green buffer wraps the full perimeter, providing passive cooling and visual relief at every workstation.
Spatial Legend
- Primary Workspaces
- Collaborative / Lounge
- Core / Services
- Circulation
- Landscape / Terrace
Key Highlights
- 1,800 m² gross floor area
- Column-free workspace: 12m clear span
- Peripheral green buffer: Full perimeter
- Lake-facing orientation: East and north
Core Functions
6 LIFTS
2 FIRE STAIRCASES
PANTRY
RECEPTION
M + F + ACCESSIBLE TOILETS
BMS + ELECTRICAL ROOM
Section
The plan is organized around a centralized service core, ensuring efficient access to lifts, stairs, toilets and building services. The open floor plate allows flexible workspace planning while maximizing daylight and lake views along the glazed perimeter. A continuous peripheral green buffer enhances the façade and supports the building's biophilic character. The zoning allows the same floor plate to adapt to different workplace configurations with minimal intervention.
Exploded View
SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Technical Coordination
PROPOSED VS ELEVARE NEXUS
The site currently has a conventional high-rise proposal — two rectangular towers with standard massing. Elevare Nexus replaces this with a lake-responsive, climatically integrated campus that earns its footprint.
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
Autodesk Forma was used to validate every environmental decision made during design. Wind corridors, solar exposure, sun hours, microclimate conditions and daylight availability were each tested against the final massing — confirming that the form performs what the concept promised.
VERTICAL PROGRAM SECTION
STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK
Central core with radial column grid: 15m spacing, sized for 44-floor lateral and gravity loads.
MECHANICAL & PLUMBING SYSTEMS
Core-routed risers with gravity-fed drainage: Waste and vent stacks sized per floor load, discharging to site-level STP.
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System integration closes the loop — structure, HVAC, plumbing and site logic tested together as one coordinated model, not stacked as disconnected layers. Clash detection confirms what the diagrams claim: the systems fit, and the building works as designed.
PANORAMA VIEW
Camera Locations
Ten vantage points across the campus — referenced in the walkthrough.
360° Experience
CURATED VIEWS
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Main entry, center — exit to the right, service lane to the left for emergency access.
