Clover by The River

‘Clover by the river’ is a multistoried high-end apartment building set along the Adyar river in Kotturpuram, Chennai.  The location of the 3.3-acre site is quite unique – it faces the river with a forested park right in front of it.  As one goes higher the site offers great views of the river to the North, the Bay of Bengal towards the East and the city views towards the South and West. 

Owing to a Coastal regulatory setback stipulation a welcome green belt is provided along the road that continues into a mandatory Open space reservation covering a third of an acre which forms the landscaped heart of the development.  The residential development to house 300 residences was envisaged as four separate towers 60m tall grouped around a large, landscaped garden. 

Vehicular access was taken along the Western periphery with distinct drop-off plazas for each tower and the driveway then leading down to the basements for car-parking, thereby restricting the vehicular-pedestrian conflict and giving a more ‘people-friendly’ circulation to the campus.  A landscaped driveway is integrated with the large garden at the centre with the provision for vehicular access in the event of an emergency. 

Vehicular access was taken along the Western periphery with distinct drop-off plazas for each tower and the driveway then leading down to the basements for car-parking, thereby restricting the vehicular-pedestrian conflict and giving a more ‘people-friendly’ circulation to the campus.  A landscaped driveway is integrated with the large garden at the centre with the provision for vehicular access in the event of an emergency.