the white room studio: garden at bandra

‘garden at bandra’ by the white room studio

the white room studio based out of mumbai has created ‘garden at bandra’, a 1500 sq ft rooftop that was conceived as a pleasure garden where one could watch the sun setting into the sea or the birds flying by or simply relax. the garden is made of organically designed free flowing arched canopy encompassing the whole length of the terrace, the canopy starts from the floor and slowly raises to a level where it becomes the roof for the patio. the canopy framed the open terrace where kids can play, the adults could gather together, soak in the sun or rain, or choose to sit and relax in the verandah shade. the spaces beyond the framed terrace and veranda mostly serve as built in planters for trees or an occasional lily pond. salinity tolerant and hardy plant varieties like palms, lantanas and wild grass were chosen for easy maintenance. for building up the free flowing canopy ferrocrete was chosen, a long forgotten material to provide a monolithic sculptural form with highly elastic properties. the structure was then waterproofed using epoxy polymer, and the lawn laid over it.

rooftop garden, at daytime

rooftop garden, at daytime 

rooftop garden, at daytime

rooftop garden, view from adjacent building

rooftop garden, sunset views

rooftop garden, sunset views

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