Greater Punjab

Mohawk Holdings Pvt. Ltd. approached TRBC to design an office in a leased brick-in-the-wall office space in a mall complex. The challenge was to accommodate multiple tiers of hierarchy and corporate functions within a very long linear space without making the emergent space feel boxy and train-like.
The functions were aligned along a curving central spine to elongate the perceptual depth of the office, which also rises as one moves down the spine-revealing more functions at every eye level. The aesthetic stays minimal, yet dodges between corporate and luxe, addressing the high-net-worth individuals who are expected to populate the clientage.

Mohawk Holdings

Casablanca was a project that required a typical just-got-possession builder flat to be transformed into a habitable, comfortable environment for a family of four, with partial re-purposing of old furniture on the cards.
Operating off the base of just-enough finishes provided by the builder, our team infused into the aesthetic a touch of contemporary Mediterranean, evoking the feel of a modern day Moroccan space. The use of lush fabrics, teals, bronzes and golds, loose drapery partitions, wood jaalis and soft arches not only reflected the Casablanca-esque feel, but also subtly hints at the family&#8217;s Rajasthani roots.
Of particular note is the woodwork of the apartment: the consoles, wardrobes and storage units are statement pieces in contemporary design, with the finest quality workmanship: a touch of finesse to complete the experience.

Casablanca Apartment

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We were commissioned to transform an existing &#8216;B&#8217; site IOCL petrol pump in New Chandigarh into an iconic facility that served as a convergence node for the region. This included the design of an iconic canopy, double storeyed convenience store, a car wash, landscape design (with seating) alongside a kiosk design for the street food brand floated by the client. The entire facility, along with its tiered landscape, was designed in earthy grey cobblestone, complemented by Kullu Slate cladding and stark white walls. The hero of the design, the triple storeyed canopy, was envisioned as a whiplash frozen in time; but more realistically resolved to withstand the harsh wind loads of the lower Shivaliks.

TRBC was approached by an ambitious businessman on the cusp of expansion of his business in network marketing, to design a house that was at the delicate intersection of a residential as well as iconic space meant to demonstrate a robust personal milestone on a professional journey.
Since the business was rooted in locally sourced organics, the environment of holistic healing permeated the brief from the beginning.
Drawing on traditionally practiced building techniques, we attacked the brief from the ground-up and inside out, creating clear lines and crisp volumes, intermixing internal voids to create an experientially timeless space, founded in climatologically compliant architecture, that requires nary a lightbulb through the day, and hardly a fan in peak summer.

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Tycoon House

38 was a residential project close to our hearts as we saw the potential to bring significant change in the existing, dated construction.
Not only was the structure completely revamped (beams and columns changed and shifted with the help of modern engineering; balconies and terraces extended in the front and back), the look of the house both inside and outside at the end of the process hardly betrayed the age of the building- nearly 40 years old.
A calm soothing silver-sand tone and muted modern grey windows coupled with lush palms and wooden soffits completes the suddenly contemporary exterior. The interior was also completely upgraded to accommodate the lifestyle of the just-married couple that loves their dogs, travel, books and entertainment.

38 House

The brief for the QSR here was tied to the product- an Italy-inspired bread pocket with gourmet fillings championing different flavour profiles from across the globe. The outlet opening was designed to to be evocative of a traditional pizza oven sucking people off the sidewalk into the belly of the baking experience (which involved watertight designing around equipment sizes in the kitchen). Warm grey bricks were used in different ways and patterns, married with charcoal metal mesh elements for a contemporary touch. The waiting area was given a false ceiling composed of wood chips encased in a metal cage-inspired by traditional firewood storage for ovens and the like. The entire scheme was brought together by a white mud textured palette.

Pizoni

TRBC was commissioned to design a contemporary play area-cum-cafe for children aged 3-12 and their guardians in the heart of Chandigarh. The proposed facility was to be able to cater to birthday party group bookings, regular workshops for kids, as well as a walk-in facility for kids to play in and guardians to wait-it-out in a more than comfortable environment over a cup of steaming coffee and mouthwatering accompaniments.
The two floor cafe was divided into an upstairs ticketed play area (outsourced to an international indoor-playground execution consultancy; not in pictures) and a lower floor contemporary cafe themed around playful prismatic geometry in pantone shades. The cafe area was to incorporate a tasteful albeit playful kiddie zone, replete with a children&#8217;s buffet and activity area.
The brief was exceptionally challenging in the sense that the facility had to be conceived of as gender-neutral and age neutral (grandparents can accompany toddlers), child friendly and more importantly, stain resistant!

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Playdate

TRBC was commissioned by a group of builders in Zirakpur to design a corporate office that reflected their vision, ambition and ethos in a spatial cuboid within one of their own commercial complexes. The hierarchy of the organization was to be respected/ addressed yet a train compartment-like arrangement was actively not desired. Despite maintaining the sanctity of the hierarchy on plan, we were able to achieve planar-play using a snaking geometric language for the partition design which doubled back at corners and edges to reveal the spaces within. Natural light penetrates to the furthest end and a muted aesthetic with oak and white expressions completes the look.

Metrotown

Hotel KLG International in Sector 43, Chandigarh, used to be an old 28-bedroom property abutting a major transit node, facilitating mostly business travellers in the tricity region. Over the years, the property changed many hands and fell into a state of disrepair, barely holding itself together over crumbling infrastructure. Our client acquired the same in 2019 and looked to revamp the entire property, and embark on a branding overhaul to boot. The real challenge was to operate within the stringent facade control advocated by Chandigarh bye laws for commercial built stretches, wherein which we could only work on the built from the inside-out. We started by heroing the staircase volume, relocating it to the center and wrapping all the functions of the hotel around it. From the volumetric end, we punctured the core of the property and created staggering skylights down till the first staircase landing. The low ceiling of the banquet was opened up by giving coffered uplit recesses. The hotel part was suitably revamped in zen tones of oak and white, extending right up to stately monochrome bathrooms. For the f&amp;amp;b areas, two distinct identities were created, both for the breakfast lounge and the restaurant, which was now to be serviced by the pan-India brand, Moti Mahal. Addressing the public nature of both these spaces, burnt brick (abundantly in use on the facade) was brought into the interior and re-imagined with contemporary tones. The bar in Moti Mahal received a lot more love by way of a light fixture that does double-duty as a stemware shelf. The entire property is spun together with minimal, very intricate elements like woven cane jaalis, herringbone patterns, brass touches and black granite finishing that find resonance at different amplifications in different areas.

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KLG Altoria

TRBC was commissioned to extensively retrofit and redesign the Morni Fort in Morni Hills, Haryana to accommodate the Govt. of Haryana&#8217;s much-touted Nature and Science Museum. Announced with much fanfare in the media, the Studio was selected to execute the herculean task of creating a modern museum with finesse inside a crumbling fort. Apart from restoring the original structure, TRBC executed extensive landscape design, as well as fine-tuned the inner galleries and display areas for a more complete experience. Much care was taken to design the river of pathways that run through the premises, in particular their placing, slope and ramp design for universal access.

Nature & Science Museum

TRBC was commissioned to design a pool house as an extension to a farmhouse in Shahbad, replete with a swimming pool, pergola, barbecue area, an outdoor bar and guest accommodation with a kitchenette, a bedroom and en-suite bathroom. The clients expressed their wish for shielding this poolhouse from the main house for privacy purposes, as they visualized hosting people regularly at this facility.
Also, due to the artistic inclination of the couple (and the lady of the house choosing to regularly express herself through wall murals and paintings), the walls were to essentially function as a blank canvas extending out of earthy and lush greens, hemmed in by stone. The couple was extremely inspired by deep Aztec tones with flourishes of terracotta and pop yellow, resulting in a varied, interesting palette.
The existing architecture of the main house was to be kept in mind, so the design expression of the poolhouse was never visualized as a complete departure from a conservative aesthetic.

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Frida Pool house

Gyre House came to TRBC in the form of a challenge to bend the perception of the kind of residence that can be achieved in a limited plot size. The challenges were multi-fold. The elevation was perceptually expanded by swooping in the corner (a visual trick), and the spaces inside respond to the resulting curve. In order to not compromise on the parking up front, an eye shaped void was scooped out of the built-mass vertically and a garden created in the belly of the house, creating the opportunity for each room to respond to the curvature thus generated, in their own way. A nouveau-dramatic palette was employed to play up the interiors, hemmed-in by cherry tones and simple black granite.

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Gyre House

The new TRBC Studio was designed as a space with a whole lot of heart and an effort was made to synergise the ethos of our design practice with the space it inhabits. Clean lines, big texture and contemporary materials were made to contrast against details that deliver finesse, right down to the furniture, matte black accessories and the bathroom design. Natural light pours into the heart of the studio with a precisely located skylight above a deep divan, and the roof is finished in an in-situ waxed cement plaster, which serves as a binding element across the spaces. The staircase volume connecting the upper and lower studio consists of a self-supporting, folded plate metal sheet with precisely calculated perforations for aesthetic effect. This is finished off with glass railings hemmed in with black metal bands. The whole look is softened with solid wood elements that run the length and breadth of the modest but inspiring nerve center of TRBC.

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TRBC Studio

The idea for this brief was to focus on blending a more contemporary aesthetic with Indian elements, thereby uplifting the Indian fine dine experience. Touches of global chic, smart lines and curves were brought into play with the use of elements like the customized chandelier and finished-to-plaster coffered arches that utilize a soft play of focussed light and shade. Stark contrast, like that of shrubby trees against bare brick walls, adds the necessary amount of drama to an otherwise bare interior. Spatially speaking, a circular seating layout was optimized with booth style high backs to create nooks of privacy and passages in a tightly packed plan for maximizing functionality.

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Moti Mahal Delux

With Benches and Shoe Storage outside the Classrooms

Trinity Kindergarten

Deep in the heart of Kurukshetra, Haryana, stands the product of our labor of love- a kind of construction that consumed our office over the years of Covid and beyond. An unhurried project that reflects this very quality, this residence for a family of 5 was conceived of as an oasis of calm in the middle of a bustling city. Apart from punctuating the living spaces with natural light, a lot of attention was given to patterns. The modularity of various elements, be it brick or Jaisalmer stone, was explored and balanced to weave a home that speaks of the region it belongs to.
Our love for straight lines, courtyards, a white palette and double height spaces interspersed with textures created a space that is striking in its rooted Indianness and simultaneously contemporary in its Scandinavian minimalism. The solid wood furniture in teak tones is airy by day and comes together under pools of accent light by night, to create a space that speaks of warmth, comfort and understated indulgence.
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Greater Punjab

Mohawk Holdings

Office, Concept

Casablanca Apartment

Residence, PANCHKULA

HSS

Petrol Pump, NEW CHANDIGARH

Tycoon House

Residence, KURUKSHETRA

38 House

Residence, CHANDIGARH

Pizoni

Takeaway, Chandigarh

Playdate

Play Area, Chandigarh

Metrotown

Corporate Office, Zirakpur

KLG Altoria

Hotel, Chandigarh

Nature & Science Museum

Museum, Morni Fort

Frida Pool house

Farmhouse, Shahbad

Gyre House

Residence, Kurukshetra

TRBC Studio

Office, Chandigarh

Moti Mahal Delux

Restaurant, Chandigarh

Trinity Kindergarten

Concept, Kapurthala

Patternity

Residence, Kurukshetra