Kamal Sagar

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Kamal Sagar
Born (1969-07-16) 16 July 1969 (age 55)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Occupation(s)Director, Total Environment
SpouseShibanee Sagar

Kamal Sagar (born 16 July, 1969) is an Indian architect, designer, real estate developer, restaurateur, and music enthusiast. Based in Bangalore, India, he is the founder and chairman of Total Environment Building Systems, and Total Environment Hospitality (Windmills Craftworks and Oota). [1]

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Early life

Kamal graduated from IIT Kharagpur [2] in 1992, with a degree in architecture. After a short stint with Omni Architects at Lexington, Kentucky, USA, he returned to India. As a young architect, he was entrusted with the design and construction of Poonawalla Stud Farms at Hadapsar and Theur, Pune. For this project, he extensively used exposed brick masonry, evolving a special technique with the help of steel spacers to bring out the character of every individual brick – in line with his core design philosophy of using natural materials that blend with the landscape and age gracefully. He built this out in a span of just 8 months, in time for the Asian Racing Conference by Asian Racing Federation on 27 January 1995. [3]

Career

In 1995, Kamal's move to Bangalore marked the beginning of a significant chapter in his career. He started his own architectural practice, first under his own name, and later as Shibanee & Kamal Architects, along with his wife and partner. In 1996, in his search for a one-bedroom apartment, he realized just how bad the state of large scale housing projects was, and saw tremendous scope to make a difference in this area. After several failed attempts in trying to get developers to accept his design ideas, he decided to take on the task of developing and constructing his projects. He founded Total Environment, a construction and real estate development company, to build out his designs. [4] [5] Total Environment has since built more than 4.5 million square feet of individually customized and furnished space, mostly homes, across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. "Tapestry", located in Frisco, Dallas-Fort Worth metro area in the US, is a 56-acre, 121-home residential community - the company’s first international endeavor. [6] [7]

Kamal’s work has always been inspired by music, art and nature. His architectural inspirations include Frank Lloyd Wright, Bart Prince, Bruce Goff, Alvar Aalto, Mies van de Rohe, and Tadao Ando. He also draws inspiration from sources as varied as Enid Blyton, Alexandre Dumas, Pink Floyd, Ahmad Jamal, Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Los Paraguayos, etc. [8] [9] [10]

In 2012, he founded Windmills Craftworks, a Jazz Theater, [11] [12] [13] Microbrewery and Restaurant, where the audience gets to experience talent from across the globe at close quarters, with superior sound quality in a setting with beer and food. In less than two years, Windmills Craftworks soon established itself as a live music venue in Bangalore, [14] bringing varied music ranging from Jazz, Blues, rock, folk, Bluegrass, Indian Classical music, Indian folk music and Latin. [15] [1] [16]

Work

The Magic Faraway Tree, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore View of garden at The Magic Faraway Tree, South Bangalore.jpg
The Magic Faraway Tree, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore
The Good Earth, Ulsoor, Bangalore The Good Earth, Ulsoor, Bangalore.jpg
The Good Earth, Ulsoor, Bangalore
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Section of the terrace garden
The Magic Faraway Tree, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore The Magic Faraway Tree, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore.png
The Magic Faraway Tree, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore
Windmills of Your Mind, Whitefield, Bangalore Windmills of Your Mind, Whitefield, Bangalore.png
Windmills of Your Mind, Whitefield, Bangalore

Design Philosophy

Kamal’s work has focused on using natural materials to create warm living spaces, through handcrafted homes that embrace nature. [17] His people-centric design philosophy and the idea of providing a garden with every home have defined the product offerings of Total Environment. [18] Over the years, he experimented with various different formats for these gardens, with most rooms having visual/physical access to these gardens. [4]

“We combine our design skills with excellent craftsmanship to deliver homes of the highest quality, always striving to design and build the most beautiful homes in the world," says Kamal Sagar [6]

Total Environment has leveraged technology to deliver custom-designed homes at scale. Their proprietary platform "eDesign" offers homebuyers options to customize their floor plan and furniture layouts, feature enhancements, design studio, functional planning and much more in an online, 3D format. [19] [5]

Projects

1995 Poonawalla Stud Farms, Hadpsar, Pune, India
1999 Ion Idea Corporate Campus, [20] Whitefield, Bangalore, India
2000 Bougainvillea, Vibhuthipura, Bangalore, India
2000 Green is the Colour, BTM Layout, Bangalore, India
2001 The Good Earth, [21] Ulsoor, Bangalore, India
2001 Webb India Limited [4] – Corporate Office & workshops, Bommasandra, Bangalore, India
2004 Shine On, Rahath Bagh, Bangalore, India
2004 Time, Indiranagar, Bangalore, India
2006 Footprints, Indiranagar, Bangalore, India
2006 Residence for Navin Dhananjay, Hennur Road, Bangalore, India
2008 Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, India
2009 Orange Blossom Special, Uday Baugh, Pune, India
2010 Greensleeves, Singasandra, Bangalore, India
2015 Windmills of Your Mind, [22] Whitefield, Bangalore, India
2015 The Magic Faraway Tree, Phase 1, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore, India

Awards and recognition

In recognition of his work, Kamal has won several Architectural Design Awards - at both National and International levels – including many projects that were finalists at the World Architecture Festival.

S. NoAwardCategoryYearProject
1Finalist at WAF, SingaporeCompleted Buildings - House & Villa2024Green-roof Walk, Hyderabad
2Finalist at WAF, SingaporeWAF Completed Buildings: Housing2023Lost in the Greens, Bangalore
3Winner of The Economic Times Real Estate Conclave & AwardsResidential Project: Row Housing2022The Magic Faraway Tree, Bangalore
4Winner of The Economic Times Real Estate Conclave & AwardsArchitectural Project: Residential2022Windmills of Your Mind
5Finalist at WAFHighly Commended, Future Project: Office2021Total Environment Business Park
6Finalist at WAFCompleted Buildings: Display2019Think Design, Bangalore
7Finalist at WAFCompleted Buildings: Housing2019Van Gogh's Garden, Bangalore
8Finalist at WAFCompleted Buildings: Housing2019The Magic Faraway Tree, Bangalore
9Finalist at WAFCompleted Buildings: Higher Education and Research2019BHAU Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Pune
10Finalist at WAF, AmsterdamBest Large Scale Housing Project in the World2018Windmills of Your Mind
11Winner of The Innovation in Structural EngineeringBentley – Be Inspired Awards2013College of Engineering, Pune
12Best Luxury Residential Project – SouthZee Business- RICS Real Estate Awards2011Windmills of Your Mind
13Outstanding Concrete StructureICI (Pune) – Birla Super2011Orange Blossom Special
14Sustainable Design AwardSociety Interiors2010Windmills of Your Mind
15CNBC Arabia International Property AwardsBest Residential Architecture – Asia Pacific Region2009Windmills of Your Mind
16CNBC Arabia International Property AwardsBest Residential Development – India2009Windmills of Your Mind
17Runner-up for the Style Icon for Excellence in ArchitectureKansai Nerolac2007Shine On 2
18Winner of The Habitat Award for Apartment PlanningArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2005Time
19Winner of The Habitat Award for Apartment PlanningArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2003The Good Earth
20Winner of The Best Group Housing ProjectJK Cements – Architect of the Year Awards2002The Good Earth
21Habitat Award for Apartment PlanningArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2002Reach for the Sky
22Habitat Award for Apartment PlanningArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2002Bougainvillea
23Winner of The Institutional Architecture AwardArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2002Webb India Limited
24Young Enthused ArchitectArchitecture + Design Spectrum Foundation2002The Poonawalla Stud Farms

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