Piccadilly Clubhouse by StoryStudio and Studio Lotus

The brief was to create a space that would become a leisure hub for the residents of this complex. Given that the residents are mostly comprised of nuclear families spanning across the age spectrum, the challenge was to achieve a sense of universal appeal for users of all ages. It is built over 4 floors, starting at the Upper Basement to the Second Floor.

We started with the core of the building – hollowing it out at sanction stage and re-imagining the atrium as a large, industrial, sculptural mild-steel staircase — winding at odd angles across floor levels, creating mezzanines and bridges along its path. These mezzanines became pockets of activation – spaces like the pool table and games zone were direct extensions of this staircase. This intervention allowed us to drastically reduce the footprint of every floor, thereby retaining only the active parts of the program and eliminating the need for build and finishing of redundant ante-spaces. The second big intervention, signature to the space, is the expansive artwork along the singular atrium wall, extending 4 floors all the way from the upper basement to the second floor slab, playful, energetic, yet meticulously crafted.