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4no. Blackburn Rd seen from the street corner — brick and white concrete above black glazed commercial floors, with shops at pavement level
Mixed-use · Kolkata · Architecture

4no. Blackburn Rd

Type
Mixed-use
Location
Kolkata
Size
6,000 sq ft built-up · 42,000 total
Status
Under construction
Layout
Typical residential floor plan with four flats labelled by size

The typical residential floor: four flats and two cores — a 2BHK at 617 sq ft, two 3BHKs at 870, and a third at 800.

Annotated south facade elevation with levels, finishes and shop units

The south facade, level by level: shops and parking at grade, two glazed commercial floors, then brick slip and textured concrete above.

Sectional details through the facade showing brick slip, protruded concrete and plumbing ducts

How that facade is actually built: brick slip cladding over external brick, the concrete bands protruding to catch shadow, and the plumbing ducts hidden behind ACP sheet.

As designed
The building on its corner by day, brick and textured concrete over glazed commercial floors

The corner as designed: brick and textured concrete banded up the residential floors, planting at every sill, the glazed commercial floors wrapped below.

The building at night with the commercial floors and shopfronts lit

At night the ground floor does the work — shopfronts lit along the pavement, the glazed commercial floors glowing above them.

The side elevation at night, showing the recessed balconies and brick reveals

Along the side, the flats read as recessed balconies with brick reveals and planting at every sill.

The building from the other side by day, with the vertical address signage

From the other approach, with the address run vertically up the stair core.

Aerial view of the building on its corner plot at night

The corner plot from above — the reason the building turns both ways rather than presenting a single front.

Building it
The concrete frame under bamboo scaffolding and green netting

The frame going up under bamboo and netting.

Tinted glass being trialled in a facade opening on site

Glass trialled in the opening before the commercial floors were sealed.

Later, from the street
The corner of the building from below, openings formed and frame painted — Google Street View capture

The corner from below: every opening formed, the frame painted, the double-height commercial recess already reading — before any facade went on. Image: Google Street View

The long side elevation at the same stage, scaffolding still standing at the far end — Google Street View capture

The long side at the same moment, scaffolding still at the far end — the building arriving at the elevation drawn above. Image: Google Street View