India gets its first responsible luxury project - Palais Royale

India gets its first responsible luxury project - Palais Royale

    Maximum utilization of limited space has always been a challenge, be it in cities like Manhattan or Mumbai. The only way to efficiently grow would be vertically. Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited (SRUIL) saw the scope of revolutionizing the construction and real estate industry in India by building the first of its kind residential project - Palais Royale.
    The government too has realized the importance of high-rises and that can be seen as the state is considering a proposal to disband the high-rise panel and further relax the norms for high –rises as reported by the Times of India dated Saturday 22 September, 2012. The article went on to state that Prithviraj Chavan said he is in favour of appointing a panel of international structural engineers or engineers from IIT and other renowned agencies to certify a high-rise as structurally sound. This is the need of the hour, however, what was a concern area is the functioning of the high-rise and the environmental impact and burden on the civic infrastructure of the city.
    Good construction must also be green and sustainable. In a city that is stretched for resources, residential buildings must make it their goal to incorporate features such as rain-water harvesting, use of renewable energy sources and organic waste management to name a few. Such initiatives enable structures to become self sufficient and not to put pressure on the city’s infrastructure to service their needs.
    By projects such as Palais Royale that is coming up in the heart of Mumbai which incorporates all these very features and more such as adherence to not local but adoption of global standards and best practices such as the NFPA 101 (National Fire Prevention Association) which is the US fire fighting and prevention standard for high rise buildings in addition to other areas such as earthquake resistance, air quality etc, will give Mumbai a breath of fresh air, literally.
    Already having received the LEEDs Platinum Rating and the 5 Palm rating from CETEC of Australia, reflecting the very high quality of sustainability and “happiness” in its design, the management is closely working with a team of Indian and international experts such Professor Girish Kumar, professor IIT Bombay to build a device to reduce the risk of Cell, FM and TV tower radiation. Kumar is planning to place shields on the building facade to mitigate the radiation effects. ”To my knowledge it is the first time a builder has thought of installing such shields,” said Professor Kumar.
    The building is being designed by renowned architect firm Talati and Panthaky, has well known structural consultants Sterling Engineers and Joe Colaco of CBM Engineers, an American structural engineer who is noted for his contribution to the super tall skyscrapers in United States and the Middle East, RWDI that is undertaken research on wind studies. to name a few.
    Although the details and configuration have not been made public, this project will be something to look forward to.

• The building is being designed by renowned architect firm Talati and Panthaky, has well known structural consultants Sterling Engineers and Joe Colaco of CBM Engineers