Located in Netaji Subhash Place, a commercial hub in New Delhi, Best Business Park is conceived as a luxurious commercial space cum multilevel car parking. The project is designed to make a parking project an active urban hub and a landmark building to facilitate thousands of office-goers parking their vehicles. With the limited precedent of any parking space in that area, the building had to create its architectural vocabulary to provide better parking facilities and invite visitors to step in, park their cars and use the spaces, making it a point of attraction in the comparatively monotonous neighborhood. Moreover, given the commercial potential and the growing need for office spaces and car parking spaces in the vicinity, it is envisaged as a landmark to attract the people of West Delhi. Elevating the concept of parking facilities to a new height, it is at par with the few other parking sites across Delhi with a distinct character of its own.
The building spreads across seven floors and two basement floors accommodating commercial spaces, including huge showrooms, on the ground and first floor, and multilevel car parking spaces, office spaces, banquet halls, and service areas on the remaining floors. The entrance to the building is through a grand double-height reception area on the ground floor, accentuated with a glass facade and supported by a self-standing canopy. The facility has four ultra-modern car lifts, facilitating the owners to park their cars right in front of their offices on each floor and two passenger lifts for people visiting the building. The movement within the building is segregated between the parking and commercial zones to avoid any kind of disruption. Best Business Park also uses an international lighting system, designed precisely to the European pattern. Beautifully landscaped areas with lush green trees and water bodies all around the building and a well-designed plaza in front of the shops provide a comfortable environment and a tranquil feeling for the users and thousands of visitors visiting the building every day.
The project uses a first-of-its-kind glass façade where the second layer of glass panels is installed diagonally behind the first layer. The structural member supporting the glass façade has the provision of lighting, such that the whole façade can be used as a giant screen. Along with the glazing, the façade also uses aluminum composite panel cladding, textured paint, and stone cladding. A peculiar design of SS jali work is inlaid in the shop façade as well as the railing. Serving as a public space, the project called for materials that are easy to maintain and yet aesthetically appealing. So, along with the glass façade in the front, there are recessed windows on all other sides for the interior spaces to receive indirect natural light. Due to the reflective nature of the façade, it has a dynamic appeal to it with the changing movement of the sun and clouds. This unique design of the façade of Best Business park provides an eccentric aesthetic to the building while also imparting a distinctive character to itself after the sunset.
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