Set in Auromode, Hive is an office building of 2 storeys, designed to blend neatly into the existing campus.

 

The ground is an open floor of 100 sq.m. designed with a waffle slab (a grid of beams specially designed for column-free spaces) of exposed concrete, with conference rooms and a kitchen/café. This is first co-working space of Auroville, with all infrastructure provided by the campus. The first-floor hosts 6 smaller offices.

 

RCC frame, brick wall and colored-oxide floors make up the primary building materials. The building is designed with the provision for an eventual second floor to respond to the growing need of workspaces in Auroville.