LaCONES (Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species)

Photographs courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates.

The wing with 5 floors is purposefully located on the lowest contours in order to hide it behind the structural glazing. The building facade is further made less conspicuous by the creation of a semi basement floor that is partially underground.

Photographs courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates.

A separate service road from behind the building services the animal cage areas and other infrastructural activities. The exercise areas have been so located that the animals moving around there could be viewed from the laboratories and other functional areas. This would add greater meaning to the work that would be carried out here.

Photographs courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates.

The internal reception area, coffee longe, the main circulation passage and most areas beautifully relate themselves to the rocks and the landscaping - the views dramatically changing as one moves. The laboratories are not along typically doubly loaded corridors but are spaced around a landscaped core.

Photographs courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates.

On the whole, this architectural endeavour tries to do justice not only to the various functions that it houses but to their philosophical concerns and the physical environment as well.

Photographs courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates.

Credits

• Text and Photographs, courtesy of Shirish Beri & Associates

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