Stacked Capsule-Shaped Office Building in Jaipur Designed for Extreme Heat
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Erin Miller
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The Primus, a nine-story office building by Sanjay Puri Architects located beside Jaipur Airport in India, uses stacked capsule-shaped modules to create a distinctive design that addresses extreme heat. The building works within a strict 30-meter height restriction imposed by its airport-adjacent location, turning a limitation into a design feature. The capsule-shaped modules help shape a workplace optimized for comfort in one of India's hottest climates.
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· 3 pulledLocated beside Jaipur Airport in Jaipur, India, The Primus by Sanjay Puri Architects introduces a fresh approach to commercial architecture.
Rising across nine levels, the building is made up of stacked capsule-shaped modules that create a distinctive appearance while helping shape a workplace designed for comfort in one of India's hottest climates.
The site's location next to the airport came with a strict building height limit of 30 metres (98 feet). Instead of treating this as a limitation, the project turns it
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