Site Selection for Affordable Housing in Indian Metros – The Designer’s perspective – Part 1
Insights from Mr. Dhamodharan, Director of Operations, FHDGroup Written by Vignesh Srinivasan, FHDGroupWednesday, 16 January 2019 As architects & designers, we are usually employed once land identification & acquisition for a project is complete or nearing completion. Luckily, in our affordable housing projects, we’ve been able to provide critical feedback on site selection to our […]
Showcase on GM Ambitious Enclave -Aspirational Affordable Housing (Part 2)
Insights by Mr. Dhamodharan, Director of Operations, FHD GroupWritten by Sriram Ramakrishnan & Vignesh Srinivasan, FHDGroup Tuesday, 04 December 2018 In the first part of the Showcase ( Showcase on GM Ambitious Enclave Aspirational Affordable Housing Part 1), we focused on Aspirational Housing, A Vision for Quality, Site Selection and Master Planning aspects of GM Ambitious Enclave. […]
Site Selection for Affordable Housing in Indian Metros – Part 2, Designer’s perspective – Part 2
Insights from Mr. Dhamodharan, Director of Operations, FHDGroup Written by Vignesh Srinivasan, FHDGroupWednesday, 06 February 2019 In the first part of the article ( Part 1), we outlined how we, as designers, we’re able to provide critical feedback on site selection to our clients during their land acquisition efforts for affordable housing projects. This is especially […]
Residential Communities Going Green
Insights by Mr Damodharan S, Director – Operations, FHD Group Written by Vignesh Srinivasan, FHD Group By 2021, India anticipates nearly 55% growth in the green building sector of all projects, be it large residential communities, high-rise residential, or single-family residential communities. Creating healthier built environments in line with sustainability principles will help secure a future, […]
Reinforcing our presence in the Hospitality Sector
Our Design Skills, Our Creativity and Our Commitment, we believe, are the factors that bring back Our Clients seeking Our Collaboration to work on their ventures. A moment of pride indeed We have worked alongside the client’s Architects and Project Manager taking their valuable inputs from time to time to design the interiors with a […]
ARCHIbooks – Reading Architecture
Reading Architecture By Sriram Ramakrishnan Architecture as a profession requires a constant rediscovery of knowledge, exposure to global disciplinary thinking and continuous learning. In the previous blog “Learning from Architectural Travel”, we discussed learning that happens from traveling and visiting architectural masterpieces. In this piece, let me elaborate on another powerful tool of continued learning – […]
PARAMETRIC EXPLORATIONS -1
Written by Dhurgai Kumaran, Director Design – FHD Group In FHD, our explorations on Parametric methods expand from a simple 2 dimensional pattern (flooring, roofing pattern or screen) to a complex program distribution and urban level organization methods. For the past 6 years we have explored different levels of approach in Parametric methods to see […]
New Reality: Affordable Sustainable Housing in India
Insights from Mr. Dhamodharan, Director of Operations, FHDGroup Written by Vignesh Srinivasan, FHDGroupFriday, 30 November 2018 According to industry experts, India needs more than 18 million new housing units, with over 90% falling within the affordable housing sector. This number is expected to grow at 6.6% to 34.1 million units by 2022. At FHD Group, we […]
Mayfair Convention Centre (Part 2) – Experience, Composition and Ethos
Insights by Mr. Dhamodharan, Director of Operations, FHD Group Written by Sriram Ramakrishnan & Vignesh Srinivasan, FHDGroup In Part 1 of this article, we outlined FHD Group ’s first step with Mayfair Hotels when we designed the Mayfair Convention Centre. Now, in Part2, we will focus on FHD Group ’s contribution & design solutions that articulate […]
Mayfair Convention Center (Part 1) –Answering Bhubaneshwar’s growing needs
Insights by Mr. Nagesh Battula, Founder, FHD Group Written by Sriram Ramakrishnan & Vignesh Srinivasan, FHD GroupFriday, 28 December 2018 Shri. Vishal Dev IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Tourism, Government of Odisha recently said at Make in Odisha Conclave 2018: “Odisha is growing by leaps and bounds in every sector. I am glad major companies are […]