AR.

HAFEEZ
CONTRACTOR
  BORN – Mumbai , 19 june , 1950
 FAMILY – Parsi / Zoroastrian lineage
included his mother roshan , who was a
teacher and his father sorab contractor,
a business man.
 Education – His favourite timepass in
the school was to design aeroplanes
and battlefields complete with forts,
bastions , moats, timebombs and all
sort of security systems. His schol
textbooks and workbooks would be full
of these sketches.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
His office had a small beginning in 1982 with a staff
of four. Today, there are around 140 people there
including senior associates, architects, interior
designers, civil engineering staff, architectural
support staff etc with Contractor at the helm.
 Architect/Urban Designer - For 9 years in private
Architectural firms in Bombay

 Associate Partner- M/s. Khareghat and Associates

from June 1977 to February 1982
 Visiting Lecturer
 Academy of Architecture Bombay from June 1977 to
June 1980
PHILOSPHY
 The architect believes that a company’s
beliefs, visions and values can be epitomized
in a three-dimensional built form and its
interior ambiance.
 His designs are Provocative and
unpredictable.
 Hafeez is full of surprising and revolutionary
ideas. His uncanny ability to change his
architectural style form one commission to
the next is also a significant reason why his
work is sought after by so many.
 Nevertheless, in two decades of practice, he
has played role in shaping the urban built
METHODOLOGY
 Previously he was more inclined towards a form
based architecture but later on he designed in a
very mathematical manner.
 He solves a design problem in a mathematical way
considering parameters like site conditions, client’s
requirements, construction methodology and
economics.
 He has no style. He works as client needs; like if
clients want work according to vaastu then he
incorporated that in his design.
 He doesn’t do many detail (but he wants)
because of time and cost but his forms so
powerful that the building still looks detailed.
 He believes that your building should really
reflect your socio-economic and climatic
relations.
BELIEFS
 He often acknowledges that architecture can
enhance brand identity creating both the
initial buzz and enduring brand presence.
 He explains “ Architecture can give form to
belief and can make a building into a real
and arresting symbol of brand intent.”
 The architect believes that a company’s
beliefs, visions and values can be epitomized
in a three-dimensional built form and its
interior ambiance.
CONCEPTS AND INFLUENCES
 Le-corbusier & correa’s work was the source
of inspiration during college days and also
khareghat-which he involved initially.
 The extensive use of glass and metallic
panels on the facades conforms to the high
tech expression businesses seek to achieve.
 PLANNING
His plans :
 Never a fixed plan

 Have axis but not

always.
 Given stress on
landscaped terrace.
CYBER TOWER, MAURITIUS

GATEWAY TOWER,GURGAON IIT HOSTEL, POWAI

ELEVATION
 He pick up elements from
various typologies and use
them as adornments for
the exterior skin of the
bldg.
 He always treats corner of
the bldg.
 Most of his bldgs. are

I-FLEX, MUMBAI skyscrapers.

M P COMPOUND MILL,
MUMBAI

APPLO HOSPITAL, DELHI

DAMANIA'S BUNGALOW

 Location, Ahmednagar 
 client, Parvez Damania 

 completed, 1996 

 area, 12,000 sq. ft. 

 STYLE art deco style

 A private bungalow at
Ahmednagar, it is a
small yet beautifully
executed design.
 The structure,set in
the centre of a large
site has a delicately
winding driveway that
leads to the main
entrance porch.
 The spaces essentially
radiate from a central
axis that emerges at
the entrance.
 The free form of the pool between the bedroom wings
helps to soften the rigid geometry of the stone and
blend harmoniously the landscape and the building
 The damania residence is
situated in the arid expanse
of ahmednagar.
 The spaces essentially
radiate from a central axis
that emerges at the
entrance.
 The small flights of steps
from the porch leads into a
square vestibule, which is
covered , with a domical
roof.
 The vestibule space also
acts as a connecting
chamber to the living areas
on one side and the kitchen
and dining areas on the
other.
 Each bedroom suite is complete with dressing
rooms and toilets, the design of each being
individualistic within the parent Art Deco style,
with its grooved bands, solid wood paneling and
multi-coloured wood inlays. 
 It is the central focus of the
composition and the
symbolic soul of the house.
A skylight in the centre of its
flat roof rightfully enhances
its volume.
 Radial passages emerging
traverse the intermediate
courtyards to broaden into
the bedrooms.
 A staircase that rises along
the curved walls of the living
room leads to the bedrooms
on the first floor of the
house .
 Partly barrel vaulted roofs
cover these bedrooms,
kitchen and dining rooms.
 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK,
CHENNAI

 The software development centre proposed in chennai

defies typical expectations of building from.
 The strongly curving movement of the building in all the
three dmensions evokes images of a massive snake
sprawled on the landscape.
 The nonconformist streak that the architect engages in
his designs is especially evident in this building.
 Spear- like columns
that pierce into the
ground, further
accentuate the
uncanny
appearance of the
building , go on to
support segments of
the structure.
 The periphery of the
block that includes
the lifts and the
staircases. The
building is swathed
in glass and bands
of crisscrossing
aluminium panels.
 The site
layout
features four
cuving
software
development
blocks. Even
with its
complex
form, the 4-
storey blocks
achieve the
mandatory
efficiency
 The periphery of the block that includes the lifts
and the staircases. The building is swathed in glass
and bands of crisscrossing aluminium panels.
 The discontinuous nature of the floor plates allow
the built form to curve even in the vertical plane.
 At the outside he visualised this structure in
terms of its form by casting plastercine dough in
a sinously curvy fashion and later worked on the
programmatic functionalities.
LAKE CASTLE , POWAII

 Location, Powai, Mumbai 

 client, Hiranandani Constructions Pvt. Ltd. 
 Lake Castle, a residential apartment building
nestled in the lush green surroundings of
Powaii, just a few miles away from main
Bombay is one of the most spectacular
products of the eighties boom.
 It differs from other residential blocks in scale
and treatment. As a response to an unusually
long and narrow site, the building is 183 m in
length, with Powaii Lake at one end, a forest
at the other, and hills behind. (The plot had
to allow for a D.P. road and forest
reservation)
 The planning and spatial arrangement is a
distinct attempt to allow all flats to face the
 This huge building is treated in a manner that
minimizes its intrusion on the site. The FSI could
have been consumed in 17 or 18 floors, but we
decided to keep the end blocks low while pulling
the central one up, creating a stepped wall-like
mass which complements the hills behind.
 The wall-likeness of the building is further broken
by puncturing square cut-outs in the mass. these
give a dramatic view of the sky through the
building .
 Access to the terraces so created is from the
larger apartments, turning them into sky-courts
high above ground level.
 All windows are recessed within the double
exterior wall which is detailed colourfully but with
restraint. 
 Egyptian motifs are used on the
building facade, like the
treatment given to the columns,
the friezes and the details of the
ironwork.
 The crescent shaped projecting
balconies, curved projections and
Egyptian columns on the facade
relive the monotony into which
the building would have
otherwise slipped.
 Large French windows are
repetitive features on the facade.
 The tower block is surrounded by
large gardens and a huge 8-acre
forest with jogging and cycling
 The stepped profile
and the 2 huge
rectangular cut-outs
further add to lighten
the building.
 The building is almost
like a mirror reflecting
the densely layered
profile of the city itself.
 The  21-storeyed
tower, with a lavishly
decorated, double-
height entrance lobby
has a distinctive layout
on every floor with
projections, balconies
 APOLLO INDRAPRSTHA HOSPITAL,
DELHI

 The apollo indraprstha hospital is a collaborative

project of the renowned apollo hospitals and the
delhi development authority.
 It spreads over 15 acres of prime land in south
delhi.
 In the Indian scenario, the families are close knit
and most patients are often accompanied by
their relatives.
 This social context was totally ignored by most
of the previous hospital design in subcontinent
and creating an appropriate outpatient
environment was never a priority.
 Responding to this background, he arrived at
core idea of creating a central spine atrium
plaza from which the entire design set off.
 The plan is also an early example of the central
circulation spine used as an organizational
device in Indian hospital designs. The two major
blocks of the hospital are connected by this
atrium of huge volume, which acts as the large
 This pedestrian atrium
enlivens the hospital with
an almost street like
atmosphere. The flexible
setting allows ample
space for patients and
visitors to relax, eat their
lunch, take a breath or
catch a quick nap.
 The less complex out-
patient department is
separated by a pedestrian
atrium space from the
complex acute care,
diagnostic and in-patient
areas.
 The large atrium serves
to enliven the
environment and
provide a street-like
atmosphere from within
which the various
facilities are accessed 
 Throughout the
complex the aim has
been to de-
institutionalize the
spaces by the use of
bold, vibrant colours
and patterns , thereby,
 HOSPITALS *
 1. Indraprastha Super Specialty 600 Bed Hospital 
      at New Delhi
 2. New Wing for Parsee General Hospital
 3. Bombay Hospital Part Extension    
 4. PBMA Eye Hospital (75 beds ) , Pune    
 5. KEM Hospital ( 500 beds ) and College , Pune    
 6. Sahara Hospital ( 500 beds) , Lucknow    
 7. IHRI ( 450 beds ) - NOIDA    
 8. Oswin Hospital ( 100 beds ) , Shillong