Design Team
Rooshad Shroff, Purva Kundaje, Aneri Mehta, Chintan Thakker
Located in the city's exclusive Rajajinagar area, Kessaku by the Phoenix Group is a large residential project featuring uber-luxury apartments, housed in five interconnected buildings. We were approached to create distinctive lobbies for the buildings, each independently connecting to a premium 7,500-square-foot common lounge, the latter catering to all the complex residents.
We commenced with a masterplan to optimise the space for each lobby and that of the lounge area. The theme proposed by the developers was the elements of nature -- earth, wind, fire, water and air. Each lobby was named after an element, which also provided the starting point for its design.
Faia (fire) is depicted through the idea of a burning piece of coal, with the colour palette moving from black to red to white ash -- a black marble floor features rug-like segments in red marble, and the curved walls boast grey and white wooden veneer. Burning embers were the inspiration behind the fibre optic shards of light used on the ceiling.
