Status Under construction Architectural style Skyscraper Estimated completion 2017 Opened 2018 Structural engineer Hafeez Contractor Architect Hafeez Contractor | Type Commercial office Location Mulund, Mumbai, India Height 205 m Cost 10 billion INR Construction started 2011 | |
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Former names Nirml Lifestyle Discovery Tower Similar Lodha Blue Moon Worli, Orbit Terraces, Turf View, RNA Mirage, Planet Godrej | ||
Discovery Offices (डिस्कवरी कार्यालये in Marathi) is a 50-storey, 205-metre-tall (673 ft) office skyscraper located on the land previously owned by Nirmal Lifestyles Mall, which is a shopping mall in Mulund, Mumbai, India and is situated on L.B.S Marg and Mulund-Goregaon Link Road Crossing Square near the Nirmal Lifestyles Mall. It is one of the first supertall buildings in India to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating for environmental sustainability from Green Building Council. It is a 50-floor skyscraper used for commercial offices and is being built by Nirmal Construction Pvt Ltd. The architect and structural engineering company creating Discovery Offices is the Indian architecture firm Hafeez Contractor. Nirmal Construction Pvt Ltd has made a contract with Discovery Communications to construct one of India's first supertall skyscrapers to achieve a LEED Platinum rating for environmental sustainability. It will become one of the tallest office buildings in India if completed on schedule.
Contents
- Map of Discovery Offices Moti Nagar Mulund Colony Mumbai Maharashtra 400080
- History
- Plot history
- Location
- Design
- Eco friendly design features
- Construction
- References
Map of Discovery Offices, Moti Nagar, Mulund Colony, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400080
The Discovery Offices towers lean in opposite directions (five degrees from center) adjacent. It is the tallest building in Mulund and also the tallest building in Eastern Suburbs under construction and, when completed, it will have a total height of 205 metres (673 ft) and a total floor area of 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2). Construction began on 1 March 2011 and is estimated to finish on 1 March 2015. But as of 2013 it is scheduled to complete on 1 March 2016, a delay caused by local authorities and technical problems. The total cost of The Discovery Offices towers is estimated at around ₹10 billion (US$150 million).
History
Discovery Offices construction began construction on 1 March 2011 and is estimated to complete on 1 March 2015. The design was changed two times before the final design was decided upon.
Plot history
Discovery Offices is a skyscraper located on the land previously owned by Nirmal Lifestyles Mall which is a Shopping Mall in Mulund, Mumbai and is situated on L.B.S Marg and Mulund-Goregaon Link Road Crossing Square near the Nirmal Lifestyles Mall. Its land was used as the main parking lot for the Nirmal Lifestyles Mall from 2002 to 2010. On 1 March 2011 the ground breaking ceremony took place and the construction of the Discovery Offices began.
Location
Discovery Offices is situated on L.B.S Marg and Mulund-Goregaon Link Road Crossing Square near the Nirmal Lifestyles Mall. It is about 7 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. It is situated in Mulund which is a developing area and has well planned civic amenities and world class planned infrastructure. The reason to construct the Discovery Offices in this area was mainly because it is an upcoming deed area of Mumbai. However, Mulund lacks world class commercial offices and has very few types of offices.
Design
The Discovery Offices towers lean in opposite directions (five degrees from center) adjacent. It is a 50 Floors Skyscrapers used for Commercial Office and it is being build by Nirmal Construction Pvt Ltd.Discovery Offices architect is an Indian famous architect firm Hafeez Contractor who is also its Structural Engineers. Nirmal Construction Pvt Ltd has mad a contract with Discovery Communications to construct one of the India's First supertall Skyscrapers to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating for environmental sustainability. It is one of the India's Most Eco-Friendly Design supertall Building. It is the tallest building in Mulund and also the tallest building in Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai) under construction and when completed. It has a total height of 205 metres (673 ft) and a total floor area of 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2). The construction started on the begin early in 1 March 2011 and is estimated to complete on 1 March 2015. The Discovery Offices towers has a normally ceiling height of 4 metres (13 ft). Its first 10 floors will be used as Car Parking floors, and the remaining 40 floors from 11th floor to 50th floor will be used as commercial office and ground will be used as a grand lobby and for also other spaces. It will house a total unit of 470 office units, which will range from 570 sq ft (53 m2) 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2). The total cost of the Discovery Offices towers is estimated is around ₹10 billion (US$150 million).
The Discovery Offices towers has amenities like Discovery gym with steam/sauna, landscape garden with jogging track, conference halls, mini food court, 24x7 security, etc. It also has eco-friendly design features solar energy for common area, rainwater harvesting, waste water treatment, large windows for natural light, potable water in taps, etc.
Eco-friendly design features
The design of the building makes it environmentally friendly, using technologies such as floor-to-ceiling insulated glazing to contain heat and maximize natural light, and an automatic daylight dimming system. The tower also features a greywater system, which captures rainwater for reuse. Nirmal Construction Pvt Ltd. states that the building is made largely of recycled and recyclable materials. Air entering the building is filtered, as is common, but the air exhausted is cleaned as well. The Discovery Offices Building is one of the first supertall in India to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating for environmental sustainability a Platinum (LEED) Certification from Green Building Council.
The Discovery Offices Building is constructed using a concrete manufactured with slag, a byproduct of blast furnaces. The mixture used in the tower concrete is 55% cement and 45% slag. The use of slag cement reduces damage to the environment by decreasing the amount of cement needed for the building, which in turn lowers the amount of carbon dioxide greenhouse gas produced through the normal cement manufacturing process. Each ton of regular cement produced creates about one ton of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Temperature control and the production of some of its energy are accomplished in an environmentally friendly manner for the tower. Insulated glazing reduces thermal loss, lowering energy consumption and increasing transparency. Carbon dioxide sensors signal increased fresh air ventilation when elevated levels of carbon dioxide are detected in the building.Conditioned air for the occupants is provided by multiple air column units located in the tenant space that deliver 50 °F (10 °C) air into a raised access floor plenum. This underfloor air system provides users with the ability to control their own space temperature as well as improving the ventilation effectiveness. When building churn occurs, workstation moves can be performed more easily with lower cost and less product waste. The cooling system produces and stores ice during off-peak hours, and allows the ice to melt to help cool the building during peak load, similar to the ice batteries in the 1995 Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, Japan. Ice batteries have been used since absorption chillers first made ice commercially available 150 years ago, before the invention of the electric light bulb.
Water conservation features in the tower include waterless urinals, which are estimated to save 8,000,000 US gal (30,000,000 l) of water per year and reduce CO2 emissions by 144,000 lb (65,000 kg) per year. The tower has a 4.6-megawatt cogeneration plant, which provides part of the base-load energy requirements. Onsite power generation reduces the significant electrical transmission losses that are typical of central power production plants. Some of its other Eco-Friendly Design Features include's Solar energy for common area, Rain water harvesting, Waste water treatment, Large windows for natural light, Potable water in taps, etc.
Construction
Discovery Offices Construction Started on begin early in 1 March 2011 and is Estimated to complete on 1 March 2015. Its architect Design was changed two times before coming to the finale design. But as of 2013 it Scheduled to complete on 1, march, 2016 a delayed caused due to local authorities and technical problems.