KRC Balewadi

Located in Balewadi, Pune, the project occupies a strategically connected site between Prathamesh Road, Baner-Balewadi Road, and the edge of the Mula River. Shaped by open fields to the south and east, residential development to the north and west, and longer views towards the river and military grounds, it draws on an unusually varied context to propose an IT park conceived less as a standalone office block than as a more complete work district. Outlook, connectivity, and landscape are treated not as incidental advantages but as the primary structure of the development, which brings together large office floorplates, a retail promenade, landscaped arrival courts, and rooftop social infrastructure within a more connected and human-centred workplace environment.

The scheme is organised as a substantial commercial campus, with multiple office towers rising above an integrated podium that accommodates retail and structured parking. Its distinctiveness lies not only in its scale, but in the way it reconsiders movement, access, and daily use. Office and retail circulation are fully segregated, vehicular movement is confined to the periphery, and a network of shaded pedestrian zones, plazas, lobby cafés, and landscaped courts gives the campus a clearer and more composed public life. Rather than presenting the workplace as a sealed commercial object, the development introduces spaces for pause, exchange, and informal interaction from the ground plane to the roof.

Environmental performance is embedded in the planning. The buildings are oriented along the north-south axis to temper harsh western exposure, floorplates are calibrated for daylight and outward views, and the podium and terrace levels are conceived as naturally ventilated green zones that improve comfort and microclimate. Rooftop amenities, sports facilities, food and beverage spaces, and landscape terraces extend the life of the campus well beyond office hours. In this way, the project advances a more contemporary idea of the office park: commercially robust and spatially efficient, yet far more considered in the quality of experience it offers.