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HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR

By, SHAIKH JUNAID MUSHTAQUE ALLANCOLLEGEOF ARCHITECTURE 4th Y.B.ARCH 2011-12

BORN-Mumbai , 19 june , 1950 FAMILY Parsi / Zoroastrian lineage included hismother roshan , who was a teacher and his father sorabcontractor, a business man. Education His favourite timepass in the school wasto design aeroplanes and battlefields complete withforts, bastions , moats, timebombs and all sort of security systems. His schol textbooks and workbookswould be full of these sketches.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
His office had a small beginning in 1982 with a staff of four.Today, there are around 140 people there including senior associates, architects, interior designers, civil engineering staff, architectural support staff etc with Contractor at thehelm. Architect/Urban Designer - For 9 years in privateArchitectural firms in Bombay Associate Partner- M/s. Khareghat and Associates from June1977 to February 1982 Visiting Lecturer Academy of ArchitectureB ombay from June 1977 to June1980.

PHILOSPHY
The architect believes that a companys beliefs,visions and values can be epitomized in a three-dimensional built form and its interior ambiance. His designs are Provocative and unpredictable. Hafeez is full of surprising and revolutionary ideas.His uncanny ability to change his architectural styleform one commission to the next is also a significantreason why his work is sought after by so many. Nevertheless, in two decades of practice, he hasplayed role in shaping the urban built landscape of thecountry

METHODOLOGY
Previously he was more inclined towards a form basedarchitecture but later on he designed in a very mathematicalmanner. He solves a design problem in a mathematical way considering parameters like site conditions, clients requirements, constructionmethodology and economics.

He has no style. He works as client needs; like if clientswant work according to vaastu then he incorporated that inhis design.
He doesnt do many detail (but he wants) because of time and cost but his forms so powerful that thebuilding still looks detailed. He believes that your building should really reflectyour socio-economic and climatic relations.

BELIEFS
He often acknowledges that architecture can enhancebrand identity creating both the initial buzz andenduring brand presence. He explains Architecture can give form to belief Architecture can give form to belief and can make a building into a real and arresting and can make a building into a real and arresting symbol of brand intent.symbol of brand intent. The architect believes that a companys beliefs,visions and values can be epitomized in a threedimensional built form and its interior ambiance.

CONCEPTS ANDINFLUENCES
Le-corbusier & correas work was the source of inspiration during college days and also khareghat-which he involved initially. The extensive use of glass and metallic panels on thefacades conforms to the high tech expressionbusinesses seek to achieve.

PLANNING

His plans : Never a fixed plan Have axis but not always. Given stress onlandscaped terrace

GATEWAY TOWER, GURGAON

INFOSYS, PUNE

ELEVATION
He pick up elements from varioustypologies and use them asadornments for the exterior skinof the bldg.

He always treats corner of thebldg.

Most of his bldgs. Are skyscraper

MARINA ,DUBAI

BANGLA & ANSAL TOWER ,MUMBAI

BUCKLEY COURT COLABA, MUMBAI

DAMANIAS BUNGLOW

Location , Ahmednagar

Client , Parvez Damania

Completed , 1996 Area, 12,000 sq. ft. Style art deco style

A private bungalow atAhmednagar, it is a smallyet beautifully executeddesign. The structure,set in thecentre of a large site has adelicately winding drivewaythat leads to the mainentrance porch. The spaces essentiallyradiate from a central axisthat emerges at theentrance. The free form of the pool between the bedroom wings helps tosoften the rigid geometry of the stone and blend harmoniously thelandscape and the building through a multitude of reflections. The damania residence issituated in the arid expanse of ahmednagar. The spaces essentially radiatefrom a central axis that emerges atthe entrance. The small flights of steps from theporch leads into a squarevestibule, which is covered , with adomical roof. The vestibule space also acts asa connecting chamber to the living areas on one side and the kitchenand dining areas on the other. The centre of the entire designcomposition is the living room.


Each bedroom suite is complete with dressing rooms andtoilets, the design of each being individualistic within theparent Art Deco style, with its grooved bands, solid woodpaneling and multicoloured wood inlays It is the central focus of thecomposition and the symbolic soulof the house. A skylight in thecentre of its flat roof rightfullyenhances its volume. Radial passages emerging traverse the intermediatecourtyards to broaden into thebedrooms. A staircase that rises along thecurved walls of the living roomleads to the bedrooms on the firstfloor of the house . Partly barrel vaulted roofs cover these bedrooms, kitchen anddining rooms.

LAKE CASTLE, POWAII

Location, Powai, Mumbai client, Hiranandani Constructions Pvt. Ltd. Lake Castle, a residential apartment building nestledin the lush green surroundings of Powaii, just a fewmiles away from main Bombay is one of the mostspectacular products of the eighties boom. It differs from other residential blocks in scale andtreatment. As a response to an unusually long andnarrow site, the building is 183 m in length, with PowaiiLake at one end, a forest at the other, and hills behind.(The plot had to allow for a D.P. road and forestreservation) The planning and spatial arrangement is a distinctattempt to allow all flats to face the lake.

 This huge building is treated in a manner that minimizes

itsintrusion on the site. The FSI could have been consumedin 17 or 18 floors, but we decided to keep the end blockslow while pulling the central one up, creating a stepped wall-like mass which comp lements the hills behind. The wall-likeness of the building is further broken bypuncturing square cut-outs in the mass. these give adramatic view of the sky through the building . Access to the terraces so created is from the larger apartments, turning them into sky-courts high above groundlevel. All windows are recessed within the double exterior wallwhich is detailed colourfullybut with restraint.

Egyptian motifs are used on thebuilding facade, like the treatment givento the columns, the friezes and thedetails of the ironwork. The crescent shaped projecting balconies, curved projections andEgyptian columns on the facade relivethe monotony into which the building would have otherwise slipped. Large French windows are repetitivefeatures on the facade. The tower block is surrounded by largegardens and a huge 8-acre forest withjogging and cycling tracks.

The stepped profile andthe 2 huge rectangular cut-outs further add to lightenthe building. The building is almost like amirror reflecting the denselylayered profile of the cityitself. The 21-storeyed tower,with a lavishly decorated,doubleheight entrancelobby has a distinctivelayout on every floor withprojections, balconies andterraces