Prestige University, Indore,state of Madhya Pradesh, India,
The formal reference is India’s historic stepwells, subterranean water storage structures built between the 7th and 19th centuries across western India. Stepwells like Rajasthan’s Chand Baori were never purely utilitarian; they doubled as gathering spaces for social and religious life.
The five-story building contains offices, seminar halls, an auditorium, a library and a cafe.
Its defining feature is its 9,000-square-metre walkable roof, which comprises 463 stepped platforms that can be used as individual social spaces or as a singular auditorium for up to 9,000 people. Four terraces are accessible by wheelchair hoist.
Sanjay Puri Architects
