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Can architecture make learning feel more open, even on a tight urban site?

The compact urban site led us to think vertically, creating stronger spatial connections across the campus.

Instead of filling the tight footprint entirely with built mass, terraces, recessed volumes, and interconnected circulation spaces were carved out. This helps reduce the effective FAR while allowing daylight, ventilation, and indoor-outdoor connectivity to reach deeper into the building.

Shaped through climate-responsive planning, the project has achieved LEED Gold Precertification, proving that performance and sustainability can define contemporary learning spaces.

Design Head: Arun Bij, Abhishek Bij ( )
Project Architect: Asvin Tandon ()
MEP Consultant: Prashant Kaushik, MCK MEP CONSULTANTS
Structural Consultant: Vaibhav Goyal Abstruse Consulting Engineering Services

Architecture shaped by connection, rhythm, and experience.

For NDIM School, we explored a contemporary architectural language through layered brick facades, recessed glazing, terraces, and sculpted volumes that bring depth, texture, and a dynamic play of light and shadow.

Defined by a modular grid, the facade creates a balanced rhythm, while voids and cantilevered forms introduce breakout terraces and informal gathering spaces across the campus.

Responding closely to the site’s irregular geometry, the building preserves open space and places the existing banyan tree at the center of campus life, shaping movement and shared experiences around it.

Public functions activate the lower levels, while academic spaces rise above in a clear spatial hierarchy connected through open circulation, terraces, and collaborative zones designed for everyday engagement.

Formed by context, lived through connection

Design Head: Arun Bij, Abhishek Bij ( )
Project Architect: Asvin Tandon ()
MEP Consultant: Prashant kaushik, MCK MEP CONSULTANTS
Structural Consultant: Vaibhav Goyal Abstruse Consulting Engineering Services