MAHALAXMI | Planet Godrej | 181 m | 51 fl | Completed

Jai · April 19th, 2008, 11:28 AM

X-posted from my thread in the international forum

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Planet Godrej -- Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

An iconic series of residential towers coming up in Mahalaxmi, Planet Godrej, developed by Godrej Construction, is one of Mumbai's first towers breaking the 50 story mark.

The tower is actually five towers of 51 stories connected together, and are marketed as Celesta, Strata, Electra, Aqua and Terra -- which I presume are being named after what the developer feels modern day subjects of the Roman Empire would presumably call the base elements, if they could.

The project is designed by DP Architects, Singapore, and are is of the first towers to come on former mill land -- in this case Simplex Mills.

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Some u/c pics from 2006 by mobile_geographies @ flickr, taken from former India United mill:

Late 2006:

Quote:

Originally Posted by drwho

A high-rise building is lit up during construction in Mumbai in this December 22, 2006 file photo

Agency:Reuters

Photographer: Arko Datta

In mid 2007 Humayunn N A Peerzaada @ flickr:

And a more recent update:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suncity

photos copyright Bishal]

Planet Godrej

Cheers,
Jai

Cov Boy · April 20th, 2008, 08:32 PM

Stunning building!

Was the Simplex Mills completely demolished for this project?

indeglow1 · April 22nd, 2008, 01:29 AM

Massive but a really ugly commie block.

Hindustani · April 22nd, 2008, 01:37 AM

I think P godrej is a deceptive design. Its one of those towers thats going to turn out into real beauty once completed.

we gotta wait till all the cladding & glass goes up. Its a curvy massive architecture & as great as residential building can get.

believe me. Planet Gordrej is a far cry from Lodha bellisimo. Now thats ugly.

Godrej renderings are too deceptive. we'll have to wait 'n see.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jai

Planet Godrej -- Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

Cheers,
Jai

indeglow1 · April 22nd, 2008, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hindustani

I think P godrej is a deceptive design. Its one of those towers thats going to turn out into real beauty once completed.

we gotta wait till all the cladding & glass goes up. Its a curvy massive architecture & as great as residential building can get.

believe me. Planet Gordrej is a far cry from Lodha bellisimo. Now thats ugly.

Godrej renderings are too deceptive. we'll have to wait 'n see.

Well,I hope you are right.

I dont think there is much cladding though except for some glass pannels(which hopefully will be there when its finished)

Cov Boy · April 22nd, 2008, 02:08 PM

Quote:

I think P godrej is a deceptive design. Its one of those towers thats going to turn out into real beauty once completed.

we gotta wait till all the cladding & glass goes up. Its a curvy massive architecture & as great as residential building can get.

I agree, we have to wait until the building is finished to judge. The curve is something that you dont see in a photo but must be awesome in real life.

ubermeow · April 23rd, 2008, 11:29 AM

Guys recheck the floorcount: it's 45 and not 51 storey tall building.

***IndiansUnite*** · May 4th, 2008, 07:03 PM

March 4
Copyright Anjanesh

***Suncity*** · May 4th, 2008, 07:49 PM

Planet Godrej rising - also seen Jupiter Mills, Beaumonde, Sumer Trinity

photo by silentw

***IndiansUnite*** · May 4th, 2008, 08:59 PM

wow, I didn't realize that that was planet godrej when I saw it on flickr.

Anyways Godrej properties has uploaded (or were they there since the start of construction?) some new renderings. Looks like they've dropped the plan to add colors.

Front view

Rear view

more here

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubermeow

Guys recheck the floorcount: it's 45 and not 51 storey tall building.

Their website says it's 48 storeys tall.

Hindustani · May 5th, 2008, 05:48 AM

this is no good. Why cut corners once u/c

leave it as it is.

I guess when they design, it looks within the budget. but once it gets u/c by that time, inflations forces these stupid cutting corners stuff.

Imperial towers did that with ever modifying design. Godrej doing the same thing.

***Suncity*** · May 5th, 2008, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hindustani

this is no good. Why cut corners once u/c

leave it as it is.

I guess when they design, it looks within the budget. but once it gets u/c by that time, inflations forces these stupid cutting corners stuff.

Imperial towers did that with ever modifying design. Godrej doing the same thing.

It could be 48 floors of living space + 3 floors of podium/parking.

Cov Boy · May 5th, 2008, 02:41 PM

We should never take renderings seriously as we know they will change the design, floors etc.

Jai · May 6th, 2008, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

some new renderings. Looks like they've dropped the plan to add colors

They had smaller versions of them before, but the larger ones are much clearer now.

I wouldn't worry about the color. Chalk it up to the crappy renderings.

zhiemi · May 11th, 2008, 12:30 PM

one massive and chic looking building

Luckystreak · May 16th, 2008, 09:30 PM

***Suncity*** · May 26th, 2008, 08:31 AM

photo copyright Jonas

ab041937 · May 26th, 2008, 10:15 AM

Its about time this kachrapatti be removed. It makes even a million $ property look like a ghetto.

***Suncity*** · July 25th, 2008, 03:27 PM

First week of July

photos copyright David Gwinn

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zhiemi · July 25th, 2008, 04:26 PM

Great updates!

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