Sanjay Puri Architects has completed the Magnus office building. This project is located on a busy arterial road in Jaipur, where the road-facing western facade inclines both forward and backward to form two vertical volumes with opposing angles. The geometrical sensibilities of the facade create sheltered outdoor decks at every level while ensuring privacy between adjacent office terraces. This also may offer some reprieve from Jaipur's hot climate.
For the perforated screens that wrap the Magnus office building’s sides, Sanjay Puri Architects drew inspiration from traditional Rajasthan stone jaali screens. This piece of the structure is fabricated from lightweight foam concrete made primarily of recycled materials. A three-foot-wide planter zone between the screen and glazed facade acts as a noise buffer and introduces continuous greenery.
The ground floor of the Magnus office building accommodates a restaurant and conference facility, while the terrace level features a cafeteria, gym, and landscaped outdoor garden.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Geometric Facade Modulation
- The angled, opposing volumes creating sheltered outdoor decks suggest new opportunities for façades to modulate sunlight, privacy and usable exterior workspace in dense urban corridors.
- Perforated Recycled Screens
- Inspired by traditional jaali and fabricated from lightweight recycled foam concrete, wraparound perforated screens open possibilities for low-carbon, customizable solar shading and visual identity systems.
- Integrated Terrace Amenity Zones
- Continuous planters, cafeterias and gyms on terrace levels point to a shift toward vertical mixed-use envelopes that combine biophilic landscaping with hospitality and wellbeing programs.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Commercial Office Development
- Office developers could leverage angled façades and private outdoor terraces to redefine rentable floorplates and differentiate tenant experience through built-in amenity layers.
- Building Materials Manufacturing
- Producers of cladding and panel systems may explore scalable production of recycled foam-concrete jaali panels that deliver lightweight thermal performance and aesthetic customization.
- Acoustic and Environmental Engineering
- The three-foot planter buffer and perforated screen arrangement indicates potential for integrated acoustic dampening and microclimate control solutions tailored to busy arterial contexts.
