Surat Diamond Bourse - how the mega centre came up

SURAT Diamond Bourse designer Sonali Rastogi and Manit Rastogi of Morphogenesis, say the project to build the impressive centre began in 2017 with a global design competition.

- DILIP SINGH KSHATRIYA Ahmedabad

"The design brief called for the provision of a single-function office for the world's single largest community of diamond traders, the Saurashtra Patels of the state of Gujarat. We won the design competition and have now completed the project," they said.

In an interview, the two said their work draws from copyrighted design philosophy, SOUL, that encapsulates the key parameters -- sustainability, Optimisation, uniqueness, and livability.

On what distinguishes the world's largest office building, they said Surat Diamond Bourse consolidates India's 70,000-strong diamond community within the world's largest single-office building. "The project exemplifies high-density office architecture and transcends global sustainability benchmarks," they said.