NEPAL MERCHANT BANK

LOCATION : Babar Mahal, Head Branch

DESIGNER : Architect Design
Forum(ADF)
ACCESS : Opposite Kathmandu District
Court
SURROUNDING : Government Office
COVERED AREA : 12000 [Link]
 INTRODUCTION
● NMB Bank Limited (NMB) is the first commercial
bank of Nepal that has been able to upgrade
from a Finance Company to a full- fledged
Commercial Bank.
● It started as nepal merchant banking and finance
Ltd. and was later changed to NMB Bank Limited
In may 2008 after being upgraded.
DEPARTMENTS

GROUND FLOOR
● CUSTOMER SERVICE
● CENTRAL OPERATIONS
● REGISTER TO SHARE

FIRST FLOOR
● GENERAL MANAGER
● CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL BANKING
● BUSINESS AND RETAIL BANKING
● CREDIT ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL
● DEPOSIT TRANSACTION BANKING
● TRADE FINANCE
BUBBLE DIAGRAM OF SITE
 FRONT FACADE WITH
BASEMENT ENTRANCE

ENTRANCE

GUARD HOUSE
BASEMENT

BUBBLE DIAGRAM OF BASEMENT

LOWER BASEMENT

● Entry through ramp (15 degree

gradient)
● Lower basement for parking and
storage
● Parking capacity : 40 bikes, 30
cars

UPPER BASEMENT

● Dual purpose : for official work

and two wheelers parking
● Parking capacity : 20 bikes
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLANNING
● Information desk
● Voucher desk
● Reception cum customer care unit
● Waiting hall
● Cash supervision unit
● Teller unit
● Branch manager office
● Storage and data entry unit
● File and cash vault
● Lockers unit
● Restroom
● Atm department at the back
RECEPTIION
 ATM DEPARTMENT

INFORMATION DESK

CASH SUPERVISORS AND TELLERS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN
 FIRST FLOOR PLANNING
● Reception
● General manager office
● Trade and finance unit
- Trade and finance counter
- Trade and finance head
- Trade and finance staff unit
● Meeting rooms
● Marketing unit
- Marketing head office
- Marketing staff unit
● Merchant banking staff unit
● Credit administration unit
- Credit administration head RECEPTION
- Credit administration staff
● Business banking unit
● Consumer finance unit
● Pantry
● Restroom
TRADE AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT PANTRY
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR
● Reception and secretary
● Waiting area
● Administration head and staff unit
● Account head
● Account staff
● Chief executive
● Head of operators
● Deputy general manager
● Credit head
● Credit section
● Operation treasury MEETING ROOM
● Board room
● Photocopy unit
● Pantry
● Restroom
TREASURY DEPARTMENT CREDIT SECTION
THIRD FLOOR
● SHARE DEPARTMENT
● WAITING AREA AND RECEPTION
● CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
● DOCUMENTATION

TOP FLOOR
● CANTEEN SHARES DEPARTMENT
● MACHINE ROOM

DOCUMENTATION
 SOUTH VIEW

TOP VIEW

NORTH VIEW
BUILDINGS MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
● RCC Framed structures
● 4” shear wall in the basement
● RCC wall for vault and locker room
● Plaster of paris for interior of buildings
● Japanese texture for exterior of building
● Gypsum, wooden , aluminium partitions
● Column size : 1’8” * 1’8”
● Beam size : 2’ * 1’6”
● Floor to floor height

- lower basement : 11’

- upper basement : 8’

- other floors : 12’

● False ceilings of gypsum board
● Use of acoustic tiles on the ceilings
POSITIVE ASPECTS

● Adequate parking facilities

● Back space utilized for parking
● Dual utility of the upper basement
● Provision of adequate writing desk in the hall specially positioned in such a way
that it would not disturb the flow of customers to the counter one
● Large public space to the entrance
● Sufficient day lighting
● North balcony at each floor
● Comfortable working space
● Rest room near by the public aea
● Vault is properly placed in a basement area with adequate security provisions
and not accessible to the public
● HVAC system
● Smoke detectors placed on ceilings , fire extinguishers placed properly at the
floors
● Attractive interior decoration
● Enough circulation spaces both vertical and horizontal
● Advanced security system with the provision of intruder alarms , fire alarms ,
CCTV camera , access control system card.

FIRE ALARM CARD ACCESS SYSTEM

NEGATIVE ASPECTS
● Lack of direct visibility of the cashier section and the customers area from the
manager’s office
● Ramp connecting the adjacent basement floors with a high gradient causing
inconvenience in circulation
● Floor to floor height of the upper basement is insufficient.
● Lack of preliminary recreational facilities as per the requirements of the
international standard.
● Shares department not well managed as per the requirement.
 ALEMBIC REAL ESTATE
ARCHITECT : The Crossboundaries

LOCATION : Alembic Road, Vadodara-3, Gujarat, India

CLIMATE : Tropical Savanna (average maximum climate is 39 C and average minimum climate 24 C )

SIZE :11467.77 Sq. ft.

CLIENT :Alembic Real estate and Paushak Limited.

ORIENTATION : NW - SE

PROJECT YEAR : 2020

 ALEMBIC REAL ESTATE
INTRODUCTION : Construction of residential & commercial real estate
projects and project management and marketing consultancy. The Company
has also given certain commercial properties on lease basis to various tenants.

HISTORY: Alembic group,is an indian conglomerate holding company

headquartered in Vadodara ,Gujrat . It was founded in 1907 and was initially
known as Alembic Chemical Works Company Ltd. It is one of the oldest
industrial houses in india and has a diversified portfolio of business which
include pharmaceuticals , healthcare , engineering , chemicals, glassware
production and real estate.

Alembic Real Estate is the real estate arm of Alembic Group and is involved in
developing residential township, industrial plants , schools, commercial offices
and hospitals ,majorly in the state of Gujarat. Alembic real estate was founded
in 2010 A.D.
➔ The site for Real Estate office is set in the vast
200 acre Alembic Group campus which is being
redeveloped and upgraded as a walkable and
sustainable mixed use development called
Alembic City.
➔ The 1965 building is revived and host the
headquarter of Alembic Real Estate , co-
working spaces and other functions.
➔ Park, Mall, Hospital, School , Restaurant at
walking distance.
Main entrance gate

Entrance to building
 CONCEPT
➔Concept of utilizing waste ( sand filter paper ,block waste to fill the deck
area a the reception )
➔Contemporary office with a fresh and vibrant mindset
➔Modern and creative spaces for employee
➔1965 building repurposed,without losing its industrial character.
➔To give efficient and energised
BUILDING work environment
MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY :
➔ Brick wall
➔ Silver grey stucco plaster
➔ Metal grid and glass
➔ A grid of massive concrete columns with tapered caps.
➔ Light has been carefully custom designed in POP , cast
upon a special armature of aluminium and wood
➔ Micro crete flooring
➔ Dana plaster ceiling
➔ Light at calculated distance
➔ Construction material displayed in there true form
 FEATURES
➔ A large voluminous space, with 12 foot high ceilings.
➔ A cantilevered reception desk that appears to be in suspended motion.
➔ A total of over 115 employees.
➔ Color scheme : range of muted greys,blues and blacks as an ode to corporate
efficiency ,with warmth of a brick wall and natural greens .
➔ largely linear
➔ Divided into 2 separate work area - meeting area - workplace
➔ To remain quickly accessible and within reach to all executives, a 20-people board
/conference room is designed adjacent to the entrance, away from the main office floor.
➔ For transparency and easy access, glass partition is used
➔ A library/reading room area and breakout space at the south-west end of the building.
➔ At this contemporary office the formal and informal meeting areas are designed to flow into
one another( metal and glass partition )
➔ Overhead sprinkler system, electrical grid,HVAC ducts and cable tray are stacked from top
to bottom from the ceiling .
➔ Keeping with the industrial character of the site, an array of 14 reclaimed lights from old
factories have been reused along the columns to highlight informal seating sections and
space divider.
➔ Phone booth pods for individual chats at ease in privacy. They are simply compact capsules
with the lining of cork board for sound proofing.
➔ 4 lift
Floor plan:
11. Stationary
1. Entrance and reception
12. Material library
2. Step up waiting deck
13. Filing compactor
3. Library and informal
meeting
14. Workstation
4. Conference room 1 15. Workspace cubical
5. Conference room 2 16. Executive and director cabin
6. Outdoor setting area 17. Discussion island
7. Meeting room 18. Dry pantry
8. Toilet 19. Mechanical room
9. Pantry 20. Phonebooth
SPACES

Library Step up waiting deck

Reception area Meeting room
workspaces
Executive cabin Conference room
BCC bank,Italy

Location:caraglio,italy

Area: 6570 m2

Built year: 2013 A.D

Budget: around $4M

Architect: Andrea Grottaroli,

Robert operti

Purpose: Banking

Site: Trapezoidal shape

Master plan
Bcc bank,caraglio,italy
Front Elevation
Building materials

● Luserna stone in square

● Glass
● Brise soleil finished in wood
● Gypsum
● Concrete
● Aluminium panels
Concept of the project

LIGHT BUILDS FORMS AND VOLUMES

● The building is illuminated in both day and nighttime
● During daytime,gypsum acts as clean,linear design,both for lighting the lobby
and for creating lighting effects in stairwells and staircase landings
● During evening,steelwalk bars positioned on the ground illuminate the facade
adjacent to the new wing highlighting the historic architecture of palazzo del
fucile
● Similarly uplights emphasize the texture of the stone arch in entrance courtyard
continue...
● The building employs cutting edge LED
technology which lightens the public square
and other building components
● The lighted external scenography emphasizes
the architecture during night time hrs
SPACES

Grand entrance Lobby

portal Public square
Bands Reception Corridor
 2nd floor
1st floor terrace
Office space balcony
Design Challenges
● In response to the hot climate of caraglio,the
construction element brise soleil is placed in front of
glass screen to avoid excessive sunlight
● In reacting to the population of the region of diff user
groups the bank is made access through various
entrances.
● It also acts as covid response design by dividing the
mass into various routes connecting through public
square and also bank has provided space for
disable too
● Clear separation of private and public spaces can
be seen in the bank which is created through
staircase
RENASANT BANK

Location : Memphis, TN, United States

Area : 7500 ft. square

Built In : 2018

Architects : brg3s Architects

Entrance : North

Type : Finance And Insurance

Securities

Climate : SubTropical
RENASANT BANK
An American regional commercial financial institution based in Tupelo, Mississippi.
❖ Has a market cap of greater than $15.6 billion and more than 190 branches in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.
❖ Operates under parent company Renasant Corporation affiliated with Renasant Nation, a
platform through which they publish blogs and shows.

HISTORY
❖ 1904 - Renasant began as The Peoples Bank And Trust Company
❖ 1980-90s - Bank grew by acquiring small local banks in Mississippi
❖ 2005 - Acquired Heritage Bank of Decatur, Alabama and Renasant Bancshares of
Memphis Tennessee.
❖ 2007 - Acquired Capital Bank of Nashville, Tennessee.
❖ 2010 - As part of financial crisis acquired failed Crescent Bank and Trust of Jasper,
Georgia.
❖ 2018 - Acquired Brand Bank of Lawrenceville, Georgia adding 13 more locations.
 N

ORIENTATION
RENASANT BANK IN
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA
CLIMATE
❖ SubTropical
❖ Moderate with four distinct
seasons.
● Spring
● Summer
● Fall
● Winter

SOCIETY
❖ Mostly dominated by retail
developments with asphalt
parking areas separating the
building facades from the
FEATURES
❖ Urban of approach of bringing the building
facade towards the street and providing
pedestrian amenities along a typically car
centric corridor.
❖ Vehicular parking provided at north where
primary entrances to each tenant is
located.
❖ Physical bank storefront shifted to more
personal range of priorities due to migration
of small services offered via web or mobile
app.
❖ Interiors designed as multipurpose space
providing variety of service from digital
banking to personal financial advice from a
universal banker.
NORTH MAIN ENTRANCE

SOUTH EXIT AREA

CONCEPT

❖ Breaking the monotony by bringing the building forward interrupting

the ubiquitous line of parked automobiles.
❖ Free flowing plan with functions.
❖ With the changing pace of banking process, it has developed a daily
client relations strategy for universal banker to employ.
❖ Emphasis on open workspace area.
EAST ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION

MATERIAL

❖ Suspension system
❖ Metal ceiling

Use : Interior ceiling

Characteristic : Flexible design, easy installation, easy plenum

access, lightweight metal solution.
❖ Glass

❖ White Marble