Dharavi makeover gets going
Dharavi makeover gets going
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Bollywood to get Hollywood Studio type Theme Park
I predict that this will do wonders for tourism in Mumbai :cheers:
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Entire of Mumbai Metro do be built in 5 years -- 10 years behind schedule? Looks like
MMRDA has a plan to speed up Metro
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City gets world-class public loo
A long needed and major step on the road to modernization and development.
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And another welcome development
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Mumbai looks to be getting another project with at least one -- possibly more than one -- supertall. And we are not talking about the previously anncounced India International Trade Center (see details on this project below), but the Mumbai International Finance Centre. First read the article and check out my comments below the article that follows.
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-----==--=--==------ Ok, let's put down what we know about these two projects... The facts we know about the India International Trade Tower (IITC) • The NTC's IITT will be 1050 feet/72 storeys in height • It will be is located on the 11.96-acre India United Mill No. 6 at Pravhadevi. • The cost of the tower's construction will be around Rs. 700 crore (approx $170.5 million USD) • NTC has officially confirmed that the tower will be built. ...and... The facts we know about the Mumbai International Financial Centre (IFC) • The project apparently has been 10 years in the making. However, it recently got impetus due to the recent High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC)'s report detailing steps to take to make Mumbai an International Financial Centre (MIFC). • It seems that this project is supported by city, state and national governments and will be implemented soon. We will likely get more word on what this project is when will come when India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram visits the city. • There 3 possible sites under consideration for the project: - NTC's Rashtriya Textile Mill, in the Mill Lands -- where I guess it will complement all the other towers being built on other NTC mill lands by private developers. - a plot in Bombay Port Trust land -- perhaps finally opening up the huge, prime, seafront land to skyscraper (commerical/CBD/docklands?) development? - a site off P D'Mello Road near CST on railway lands -- right the hell downtown. Perhaps someone can correct me, but I don't think there is much room here for other skycrapers to be built, as it is in a historic district. Unless the raillways want to release more land for development, I doubt there will be potential for major future skyscraper clustering a la a proper CBD. • It is to be a major commercial center modeled on HK's International Finance Center complex, which consists of a major mall, three towers (88 storeys, 40 storeys and 39 storeys), one of them the signature One IFC, one of them a hotel. One IFC is HK's tallest building. - This modeling business implies that surely there will be a signature tower, most likely a supertall. I'm guessing that at least a major mall would be built as well (pure speculation.) If it is modeled on the HK IFC, perhaps a complementary building (a Two IFC) will also be built? From this view, possibly a cluster of Trade Centre buildings will be built. - To show some of the possibility of the scale of the project, check out HK's IFC: http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6...18c160fvy7.jpg -----==--=--==------ Comparing the Two Towers • OK, now the the National Textile Corporation is a Central Public Sector Enterprise which is building the IITC on funds earned through the sale of the mill lands to major developers. • This International Finance Center seems to be a government funded project, though skimming through the HPEC's report, this project is likely to be a public-private venture. • The IITC is to be 72 stories and will be located in an area anchoring the current Parel/Back Bay skyline and the future Dharavi redevelopment skyline. The IFC will be located on either the Port Lands, the Mills or by CST, the former two are two future sites of skyscraper development. In each, it will serve to anchor the skyline. If it is to be located in the Port Lands, it may finally open this area to development sooner than expected. • Both the IITC and the IFC are designed to be catalysts for business, trade and commercial skyscraper development. By signing off on these two projects, the government has made a very public and visible green light on encouraging commercial skyscraper construction in Mumbai. Commercial skyscrapers are not only taller, but more costly and inherantly of better quality than residental towers, which all but a handful of Mumbai's major projects are. • The seeming drive to suddenly crash modernize Mumbai's infrastructure (metro, freeways, sea-links, rail) probably got moved to the front burner due to the recommendations this report, and underscores Mumbai is trying to develop the infra that can sustain such huge commercial projects (which are more of a strain on transport than purely residential towers are; consider the large numbers of office workers that will be commuting to and from work) Cheers, Jai |
New Commercial Supertall: Mumbai International Financial Center
Guys, this is HUGE news that friggin came out of nowhere to us seasoned skyscraper enthusiats here... The news is over a week old and no one came across it!
Mumbai looks to be getting another project with at least one -- possibly more than one -- supertall. And we are not talking about the India International Trade Center. First read the article and check out my comments below. >>> I created a new thread in this forum specifically detailed to these projects. Please check it out. I also added my comments to this article in that thread. <<< Govt shortlists 3 sites for financial hub Quote:
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This is a cool picture. From today's TOI
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With official word of this project just announced last week, the 85-storey Hyatt Park Tower, India's tallest under construction building officially broke ground. Designed by Fox and Fowle (FXFOWLE) architects as part of three-hotel luxury project being developed by Neelkamal Realtors in conjunction with Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Park tower is located at Marine Lines, Mumbai, just north of the city's historical district. It marks the southernmost point of a major region of skyscraper development that currently stretches north to under construction Parel/Back Bay skyline. A mixed-used development totalling 882,000 sq ft, Hyatt Park tower, in the architects' own words: Quote:
While currently rather seperated from the current skyscraper construction, it is located at the southern end of what will be a massive skyscraper-laden redevelopment region that will see a long skyline anchored in the north at Dharavi, west at Worli, in the middle at Parel, and in the south at Back Bay. Though developers in Mumbai tend to be ultra-secretive about their projects until they have broken ground (it wasn't even known that this project even existed until a couple days ago when the Hyatt told the Economic Times newspaper about it), other developers have made known that they are planning skyscrapers at Marine Lines. Currently a 50-storey commercial skyscraper, and 2-3 other projects, including the possible supertall Mumbai International Finance Centre, are planned around the location where Park Hyatt tower is being built. Here are some more renderings. I will update this first post as more renderings and information come out. http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8025/01bo2.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2546/02vl8.jpg ^ Looking South towards Historic mumbai. Looking North will be a view of the under construction skyline around Parel http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2540/03vm2.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1498/04rp0.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9159/05ou0.jpg -------==--=--==------- Arihant Aradhana, Khargar: http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1...ana1bigzn2.jpg -------==--=--==------- Arihant Darpan, Mulund: http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9...rpanbigol5.jpg -------==--=--==------- BTW, here is Shankala Group's Sterling Tower, Magazon: 34-35 stories http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/2275/12jo.jpg -------==--=--==------- G Square Business Park, Vashi: looks to be ~34 stories http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/917/image4ku0.jpg |
Paying tribute - A new landmark in BKC
Paying tribute - A new landmark in BKC
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Mumbai seems replete with good news these last weeks!
Mumbai seems replete with good news these last weeks!
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From today's DNA Epaper.
Nothing new, just some opinions. Best to just view the full size versions http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2...0141oo8.th.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9...0151mp1.th.jpg |
Public Hospital to get Private Touch
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============= Residence Antilia is a 24-story high-rise residential building located in the heart of the city of Mumbai. The building program is divided into public and private spaces for the family and their guests. The building’s design is in direct response to unique programmatic elements and a desire to maximize the views around the site. The building's shape consists of a series of continuous undulating surfaces both horizontal and vertical which helps to define each programmatic element while simultaneously unifying the composition. This undulating ribbon, or snake frame, serves as a secondary structure that transform the floor loads to the building core. The vertical surfaces of the frame are articulated with a steel lattice and contain a series of planter beds effectively transforming the facades into living green walls that will filter light and enhance the local micro climate of each level. It will be seen as a visual extension of the lush landscaping that surrounds the building, effectively creating an oasis in the sky. http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1905/lg121agl5.jpg ============== My comments: Let's look at the question of Antilia Residence's height. Here's a blow up, clarified version of the rendering: http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8933/19089397nq2.jpg From the rendering, the tower obviously looks taller than 24 storeys -- closer to 36+ by my count. Let's try to find some concensus to reconcile this. Now, according to some recent news articles.... ------ This article says: • Antilia Residence is to be 245m tall. To put the size of this building in perspective, the famous Imperial Towers in Mumbai are 249m tall -- and that is spire height. There doesn't seem to be any spire or roof effects on the rendering of Antilia Residence. Assuming the standrad Indian 3.5m/floor measurement, Antilia Residence would have the 'equivalent' size of a 70 storey building. If it is this size, it will dominate the Mumbai skyline much like The Imperial towers will. • The tower will have among other things: 6 floors of parking; 4 floors of gardens; 1 "entertainment" floor; 2 floors of guest apartments • Construction is expected to be completed by November, 2008. ------ This article says: • Antilia Residence is to be 40 storeys tall. Not only that, but, in confrimation of the 'living wall' tidbit, the article states that the tower will have a "vertical garden" going all the way to the 40th floor. Taking account non-standard architecture, the 40 storey building very well may reach 245m in height. • The bottom six floors will be dedicated to parking. Kitchen, laundry and other services will each have their own floors. • The building will have little less than 10 million sq ft of built-up area • Ambani expected to move in in late 2008. ------ So to extrapolate from the above facts.... perhaps the 24 floors are the Ambani family's actual living space? + 6 floors parking + 4 floors gardens + 2 floors guest apartments + 1 floor theater + 1 floor kitchen + 1 floor laundry + other unspecified floors = 39+ floors. So I am guessing we have confirmation of the 40 floor height? Note that a floor count estimation of the rendering spyguy posted gives me 36 + floors. It's worth noting that the 2nd design of this tower (the one by architect James Young) was officially called 22 floors high. However, this even more obviously conflicted with the renderings which clearly showed a 40-storey building. In conclusion.. Seeing as two independent news articles basically gave the same height information -- information that corroborates with visual floor counts on two renderings -- I'm going with a est. height of 40 fl / 245m. *phew* that's all I got now. -Jai |
Firstly, here's a rendering of Royal Palms's Rs 600 cr SEZ coming up in Royal Palms Estates in Goregaon
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Global tenders for Dharavi redevelopment soon
Global tenders for Dharavi soon
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City will breathe easy once SEZ comes up
City will breathe easy once SEZ comes up
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State wants extra FSI for building revamp
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First, this is a nice rundown of current mill land re-development projects, from 16 May's TOI Epaper:
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