Spaces Architects, India, have won a Merit Award in the DESIGNSHARE Awards 2008 and are the only Asian firm to have achieved the 'merit' accolade for 2008.

Adharshila Vatika is a redesign of an existing facility where the emphasis of the design was to maintain the functional requirements and the character by retaining the elevation. The original two stories were placed in the middle of the site where all rooms should have natural ventilation. The plans were kept as simple as possible with one simple corridor connecting all the spaces over looking the central courtyard. An environment to be created inside which transforms into children’s space, one with which they can identify with, the areas & space they can easily remember and move around. The building plan worked on a hexagonal shape enclosing an open courtyard acts as a secured space for children’s to play.