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2022

Photographer : Sudhir Parmar

Normally for a marble or stone showroom, a well Spread area is most important to display a lot of variety at a stretch. But when there is a lack of Spreaded area and constrain in plot size, it’s a real challenge to accommodate a number of varieties and stock of stone at a stretch. In that case, the design aspect is very crucial and one has to think differently.

At Baba Marble, we faced the challenge of constraining land as the plot area is only 9,805 Sq. Ft. After leaving the needful margin on all sides, we were left with only 4,000 Sq. Ft as plinth area which in a way is very less in terms of stocking of variety of marbles. So, we decided to go vertical both ways.

On Ground Floor, Italian marble stock is being displayed as we made a structure able to withstand a load of marble as well. This way we accommodated marble stock on Ground Floor and First Floor. On Second Floor, it’s being used to display the variety of tiles which is a new vertical for the owner. The third floor is utilized half for the marble articles and half is the terrace area which is for the display of marble articles along with a solar roof, fulfilling the needs of the entire building. The Basement, which is actually a parking space is also wisely used for the display of various Indian Stones with various finishes on the wall. Here without violating any norms we have utilized the area for a nicer display which is serving the purpose of displaying Indian Stone detail.

The owner is very well known in the dealing of Indian Stones for years and we also wanted to promote Indian materials at their best with a variety of applications and finishes. That is being reflected in the entire development of the store. The core material used in major construction is exposed concrete which is meticulously detailed in a way that it becomes the final finish of the overall environment.

Vadodara,Gujarat,India

Architects	:	Dipen Gada & Associates
Area	:	Site Area: 9,805 Sq. Ft
Year	:	2022
Website	:	https://dipengada.com/

Along with that, the stone is being utilized to enhance the beauty of the store along with techniques of application which is innovatively tried out in the front screen which is kinetic in nature and fulfills multiple technical aspects. The main façade is facing North, enabling us to play with glass openings which is being covered with stone screens that are kinetic and gives n number of textures that are automatically created by the wind. This creates a very interesting sciography and controls the light as required on each floor. The cutting pattern in each stone is meticulously defined from bigger holes at a lower level to smaller holes at the upper level and the circular pattern is created with the use of 2 different materials which are textured Agra Stone and Burnt Black Granite.

The side façade of the building is cladded with plain and texture red Agra stone strips which gives a volumetric stone block and looks like floating on the terrace garden from the first floor onwards. Two offsets and the building block is the result of a cross front which is being converted into an advantage in the dynamic look of the building. We have tried to use all the basic materials as much as possible in their original forms. Right from concrete to Kota stone to red Agra stone. Floorwise a different characteristic is being created as per subjective use.

In a nutshell, we have tried to respect the pure form of architecture where we get the maximum natural light from each floor with adequate cutouts being given on the floor plates. This entire building is based on green architecture where minimum energy is being consumed and produced by solar panels which fulfill the need for total power consumption.