[Morphogenesis - Surat Diamond Bourse - COVER IMG] The Surat Diamond Bourse consolidates India’s largest community of diamond workers under one roof and is the world’s largest single-office building at 6.6 million square feet. © Edmund Sumner

Surat Diamond Bourse

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Commercial Architecture
Firm LocationDelhi, India
Project locationSurat, Gujarat, India
CompanyMorphogenesis
Lead ArchitectSonali Rastogi
Design TeamSonali Rastogi, Manit Rastogi, Neelu Dhar, Abhishek Arora, Purvesh Shelat
ClientSurat Diamond Bourse

Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) consolidates India's 70,000-strong diamond community within the world's largest single-office building. Drawing from the fishbone delivery system, SDB exemplifies high-density office architecture with a central circulation spine diverging into nine towers. Functional proximities were determined by optimising travel distances from the site entrance to the farthest office module within 7 minutes. Passive design techniques enable the building to consume 50% less energy than industry green benchmarks, and it features one of the world's largest radiant cooling systems.