Jai
March 30th, 2008, 12:05 AM
Hi,
About a year ago, word came out about Mumbai's first supertall skyscraper, the mixed-use 301m, 85 floor (100 floors when you count service floors) India Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040), being built by Neelkamal Realtors in association with Park Hyatt at Marine Lines, Mumbai.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4985/02yt5.jpg (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040)
^ India Tower
What I didn't tell you about was the mysterious second plot next to India Tower's, also owned by Neelkamal, which also underwent site preparation. Well, a couple weeks ago the tower to be built on this adjacent plot was finally unveiled...
To be built by Dynamix-Biswas group, Neelkamal's parent company, the 260m, 64 floor Dynamic-Biswas Tower:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5056/01az6.jpg
Some information on the tower from the developer's website:Salient Features
* Fitness Centre
* Cafeteria
* Power Back-up For Common Areas
Internal Amenities
* Earthquake Resistant Structure
* Built - To - Suit Options Available
* 4m. Floor To Floor Ceiling Heigh
* Façade With Structural Glazing/cladding
* Flat Slab Construction
* Wide Column Spacing
* Large Floor Plates
* Broadband Connectivity
* Telephone Connections Of All Networks Possible
* Leased
* High Speed Elevator
* Ample Car Parking
* Provision For Air Cooled VRV System, in Separate Room On Each Floor
* Smoke Detectors
* Fire Alarm System
* Sprinkler System
While only one rendering of this tower has been released, and no word of architect yet, this second tower is an all-residential building. It will occupy a prime waterfront location on Marine Lines, located off Marine Drive on the "Queens Necklace" and Chowpati beach next to India Tower.
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2546/02vl8.jpg
^ A rendering of India Tower looking south toward historic Mumbai. DB Tower will come up beside it.
Both towers are coming up on former chawl land right next to Mumbai's historic districts, somewhat isolating them from the growing Wori-Tadeo-Parel cluster, making DB and India Tower probably the most visible skyscrapers in Mumbai.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6933/03mt7.jpg
^ A slightly larger, if granier, view of the rendering scanned from an advertisement about the tower. Note that the buildings foreground are just some graphics for the ad, and aren't there in real life.
I initially expressed reservation that the massive India Tower coming up would wholly overpower and literally overshadow the historic pre-colonial, colonial and art deco buildings. But now, seeing that Dynamix-Biswas Tower will come up next to it, and by the fact that both these towers will replace non-conservation-worthy infill, I now think that the shorter height of DB Tower will add girth to the small cluster, allowing it to look much less as an skyscraper aberration and more of a fascinating architectural juxtaposition of historic, colonial, post colonial and now modern Indian architecture.
Cheers,
Jai
About a year ago, word came out about Mumbai's first supertall skyscraper, the mixed-use 301m, 85 floor (100 floors when you count service floors) India Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040), being built by Neelkamal Realtors in association with Park Hyatt at Marine Lines, Mumbai.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4985/02yt5.jpg (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040)
^ India Tower
What I didn't tell you about was the mysterious second plot next to India Tower's, also owned by Neelkamal, which also underwent site preparation. Well, a couple weeks ago the tower to be built on this adjacent plot was finally unveiled...
To be built by Dynamix-Biswas group, Neelkamal's parent company, the 260m, 64 floor Dynamic-Biswas Tower:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5056/01az6.jpg
Some information on the tower from the developer's website:Salient Features
* Fitness Centre
* Cafeteria
* Power Back-up For Common Areas
Internal Amenities
* Earthquake Resistant Structure
* Built - To - Suit Options Available
* 4m. Floor To Floor Ceiling Heigh
* Façade With Structural Glazing/cladding
* Flat Slab Construction
* Wide Column Spacing
* Large Floor Plates
* Broadband Connectivity
* Telephone Connections Of All Networks Possible
* Leased
* High Speed Elevator
* Ample Car Parking
* Provision For Air Cooled VRV System, in Separate Room On Each Floor
* Smoke Detectors
* Fire Alarm System
* Sprinkler System
While only one rendering of this tower has been released, and no word of architect yet, this second tower is an all-residential building. It will occupy a prime waterfront location on Marine Lines, located off Marine Drive on the "Queens Necklace" and Chowpati beach next to India Tower.
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2546/02vl8.jpg
^ A rendering of India Tower looking south toward historic Mumbai. DB Tower will come up beside it.
Both towers are coming up on former chawl land right next to Mumbai's historic districts, somewhat isolating them from the growing Wori-Tadeo-Parel cluster, making DB and India Tower probably the most visible skyscrapers in Mumbai.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6933/03mt7.jpg
^ A slightly larger, if granier, view of the rendering scanned from an advertisement about the tower. Note that the buildings foreground are just some graphics for the ad, and aren't there in real life.
I initially expressed reservation that the massive India Tower coming up would wholly overpower and literally overshadow the historic pre-colonial, colonial and art deco buildings. But now, seeing that Dynamix-Biswas Tower will come up next to it, and by the fact that both these towers will replace non-conservation-worthy infill, I now think that the shorter height of DB Tower will add girth to the small cluster, allowing it to look much less as an skyscraper aberration and more of a fascinating architectural juxtaposition of historic, colonial, post colonial and now modern Indian architecture.
Cheers,
Jai