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The DesiCreative | Kotak Mahindra Design A LobbyScape Contest

You have always looked at a space and wondered how it could have been better designed or utilised. Lobby spaces are not only a welcome area for guests to walk in to, but are also important communincation spaces which must immediately inform the guest of what we stand for and at the same time make them feel wanted and comfortable. Now, Kotak Mahindra Bank, along with DesiCreative, is giving you a super cool space to design a Lobby Scape. Go wild, but be functional. Who knows, your design may end up in a real life environment in the heart of Mumbai city.

While you mst go completely wild in your imagination, each entry must still be a functional space. The winning design will be selected based on the smooth integration of usability with striking imagination, creating a Lobby Scape that is iconic and memorable.

To be considered, the space must be designed for accommodating an uber cool branch, a coffee lounge, meeting areas and of course a greeting lobby.

Kotak Mahindra offers a cash prize of Rs 100,000/- for one winning entry. 5 other excellent entries will win book vouchers worth Rs 10,000/- each.


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Terms and Conditions:
- Who Should Enter
Any Interior Designer/ Interior Architect/student may submit design project(s). This competition is open to participants worldwide.
- Entries will be judged by DesiCreative and Kotak Mahindra.
- The final winning entries will be binding. The judges' decision will be final.
- All entries become property of Kotak Mahindra.
- Last date for entries : March 31, 2017.
-Sending your entry: Please send computer renders, sketches, drawings, CAD renders, photographs, mood boards of your design, along with a brief description to kotaklobbyscape@desicreative.com
All files should be sent as a jpeg or a PDF file and should not exceed 5MB.
- Your design firm's (or your) contact information including name, address, phone number, and email must be included in your submission
- DesiCreative and Kotak Mahindra assume no responsibility for lost, unauthorized, misdirected, illegible, falsifed, delayed or incomplete entries, all of which are invalid and void, or for dificulties experienced in submitting an entry to DesiCreative and Kotak Mahindra competition, including as a result of any technical delay, failure or defect.
- Entrants are required to send only original ideas. DesiCreative and Kotak Mahindra assume no responsibilty for plagiarised entries, and once found, will be immediately disqualified and barred from future contests.

Existing Front Facade Model. Questions can be asked as replies to this thread.

The drawing files are attached to this thread as drawings.zip.

The actual location.

Someone raised pertinent questions and here are the answers:

1. In the project description you state, “To be considered, the space must be designed for accommodating an uber cool branch, a coffee lounge, meeting areas and of course a greeting lobby.”
What is an uber cool branch?
By uber cool We mean a premium experience for high end customers. Not to be a typical band branch but an overall experience centre where the customer is there for her/his transaction but experiences a different level of service. Like for eg: instead of the customer walking up to a teller counter for collecting cash or demad draft, the service manager will seat her/him in the lounge and handle the transaction on her/his behalf.

2. Is the entire ground floor to be considered?
Yes the entire ground floor is to be considered. Expect for fixed areas which cannot be broken down like AHU, Electrical room, Strong room, lift areas and stairways.

3. What are vouchers worth 10,000 Rs?
Amazon vouchers

4. What is the goal of this exercise?
The goal is to create a different innovative experience for customers which is driven by a bit of technology and some amount of personalised human touch. The purpose of the contest is to crowd source ideas and give young mind a chance to think something out of the box.

5. Is there a presentation format?
Not really. We are expecting a concepts to be presented, not necessarily in a particular format.

6. Minimum and maximum requirement of people?
Branch space should accommodate about 15 people including branch manager and sales staff.

The entire ground floor area to be considered for the lobbyscape design? Also
Is the main entrance lobby double height? because thats what the real pictures show.
The Ac ducting can be changed according to the design or it will have to remain as it is?
Thank you

Hi Tejashree

Yes the entire ground floor is to be considered. Expect for fixed areas which cannot be broken down like AHU, Electrical room, Strong room, lift areas and stairways.

You can change the design of the AC Ducts.

I am applying...

I am entering too. Sounds good.

I have already prepared the Lobby Design. Rest soon

I am sending my entry today...

Taking part!