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The clients who are an established dealer of construction equipment already had an existing facility which was located along the Aluva – Munnar highway. The existing facility was on 45.01 cents of land and was being used since 1999. In order to meet with the present day requirement, Urban Mosaic Design Studio was approached in order to come up with a solution to increase the capacity without having to acquire additional land. The answer was conceptualised in the form of a multi-storeyed facility that allowed service to be done at the ground floor level. The sales of spare parts to customers were facilitated at the ground floor for walk in customers. The parts store would also feed the requirements on the workshop floor. The office and customer waiting areas are located on the first floor along with a viewing gallery for customers to watch their machines being serviced at the lower level. The second floor level was to be used for the parking of already serviced machines and new machines that are to be taken delivery of, by customers. It also serves the additional purpose of a machine display. The unique lift mechanism was also located in front as an additional attraction. A detailed study of the functioning of the existing facility and the business done here, along with interactions with the users was required to arrive at a unique design solution that would help the clients achieve long term benefits.