This Indian University’s Roof Fits 9,000 People — and the Idea Came From a 1,000-Year-Old Stepwell
Most university buildings treat their rooftops as mechanical afterthoughts, a surface for HVAC units and waterproofing membranes that no one is meant to see. Sanjay Puri Architects inverted that logic entirely at Prestige University in Indore, turning a 97,000-sq-ft roofscape into a stepped public landscape that seats 9,000 people. The five-story building beneath it almost…