Mixed Use
Hyderabad Municipal Office
A civic campus for Hyderabad that rethinks the municipal office as a public-facing institution — combining a landmark administrative building, sculptural arrival canopy, museum pavilion and landscaped forecourt into one contemporary urban ensemble.
The Brief
The brief called for a municipal office campus that would feel open, civic and welcoming rather than bureaucratic or defensive. The project needed to balance the formal identity of a government institution with a public-oriented arrival experience, integrating offices, controlled access, landscape and a smaller museum or civic exhibit component into one coherent composition.
Design Response
FMDL approached the campus as a layered civic arrival. A glazed office block with a sweeping white formal gesture establishes the main architectural identity, while a sculptural entry canopy creates a ceremonial threshold visible from the road. Curved pathways, water features, low planting and shaded forecourts soften the institutional setting and make the approach feel public rather than forbidding. The museum wing and gate structures extend the architectural language into smaller built elements, so the entire campus reads as one integrated civic landscape rather than a standalone office building behind a boundary wall.
Materials & Approach
Large-format glazed curtain walls, white sculpted cladding, brushed metal canopy elements, integrated linear lighting, stone paving, shallow reflecting fountains and lush tropical landscape planting together create a civic language that is contemporary, accessible and formal without feeling heavy.
Outcome
The proposal gives Hyderabad a municipal campus with a strong public identity — one that projects transparency, accessibility and civic pride through landscape, movement and a memorable contemporary form.
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