Mumbai-based architectural firm SJK Architects has created the Nirvana Film Office. Completed in 2011, this 6,200 square foot contemporary office building in Bangalore, India was designed to be be energy efficient. Natural light reaches the entire interior through a large skylight in the center of the building. The building addresses all the urban issues of a small corner plot in the busy neighborhood of Indiranagar in Bangalore. To optimize the use of space according to urban regulations, the stilted box is a natural resulting urban typology. The core of this box is the connector staircase that slices through with a huge skylight above, creating a sun-filled, connected multilevel space. The divisions of work and non work, outside and inside are obliterated – further by the façade of glass and acrylic louvers. The louvers, opaque and solid open in unison to allow the breeze in, leading to a dynamic facade.
