Nothing about this environment is accidental.

Materials

The materials used to build each space have been carefully chosen to maintain a sense of luxury while maintaining our high sustainability design standards.

Façade

The façade’s unique vertical-fin shading system provides the inside with varying degrees of openness: more open for public spaces and enclosed for private spaces.

Sustainability

One of the few LEED Platinum certified buildings in India, Max Towers helps organisations build a better future.

1. High-energy efficiency & long-term savings
2. Waste segregation and recycling
3. On-site treatment of 100% waste water
4. Rainwater management system
5. Shuttle from metro station
6. Electric vehicle and carpool-friendly parking

Biophilia

The term ‘biophilia’ refers to the adaption or design of a building to the environment, rather than the other way around. The meaning of the word biophilia is a love for nature and it is considered by some to be the missing part of sustainable design.

Biophilic design aims to create strong connections between nature and manmade environments which can have benefits for health and wellbeing.The term biophilia was first used by Edward Wilson in 1984 in his book ‘Biophilia’. In it, he argued that humans have an innate and evolutionarily based affinity for nature. He defined the term as referring to, ‘the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life’.

A more recent explanation was provided by Judith Heerwagen, who has undertaken extensive research into the relationship between buildings and psychological wellbeing. She suggested that ‘biophilia evolved to guide functional behaviours associated with finding, using and enjoying natural resources that aided survival and reproductive fitness – and avoiding those that are harmful.’

Incorporating biophilia into building design is considered to have a number of advantages including:

1. Measurable beneficial impacts on productivity, enhancing creativity, improving wellbeing, reducing stress and enhancing learning.
2. Helping engender an appreciation of nature in individuals which can lead to a greater protection of natural areas.

In Max Towers, we have used several different methods in incorporate biophilic design:

1. Providing open space with naturalised or planted areas around buildings and ensuring as many windows as possible overlook those areas.
2. Maintaining existing trees which will also help provide natural landscaping.
3. Routing access pathways through planted areas.
4. Incorporating living walls into building facades.

The design of buildings to maximise biophlia can include:

1. Considering outlook to allow the maximum exposure to outdoor, natural scenes.
2. Including green roofs and green facades.
3. Bringing nature and planting inside buildings.
4. Considering the use of water features inside buildings which can provide visual and acoustic benefits.

At the interior design level, features could include:

1. The inclusion of potted plants and small internal gardens.
2. The use of ‘natural’ art and natural materials in buildings.