Factory Canteen
Agrocel Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Dhordo, Kachchh - INDIA
“This project demonstrates explicitly how regional intelligence can be translated into contemporary architectural performance without abstraction or excess. Material choices and construction methods are grounded in local availability and climatic logic, allowing the building to regulate temperature, light, and air through passive means.”
The Factory Canteen at Agrocel, Dhordo has received wide international recognition for its climate-responsive design and material-led approach to sustainability in an extreme desert context. The project has been featured on global platforms including ArchDaily, where it was recognised among the Top 5 globally in the Industrial Architecture category at the Building of the Year Awards 2026, and has been longlisted for the TECTURE AWARD 2025 (Japan).
The project has been appreciated for its thoughtful use of locally sourced and upcycled materials, low-tech passive cooling strategies, and its humane reimagining of an industrial dining space. These acknowledgements reflect the project’s intent to bridge vernacular wisdom with contemporary architectural expression while foregrounding social and ecological responsibility.
Published
❋ ArchDaily - International
Factory Canteen Agrocel Dhordo / Studio Dot
Published, 24 July 2025
Curated by: Miwa Negoro
❋ ArchDaily - Brazil
Refeitório da Fábrica Agrocel Dhordo / Studio Dot
Published, 25th July 2025
Curated by: Miwa Negoro
❋ MasilGround - South Korea
❋ STIR World - India & International
The Factory Canteen by Studio Dot backs local sourcing and climate resilience
Published, 3rd March 2026
Author: Pranjal Maheshwari
Arcticles
❋ ArchDaily
Building Optimism: Lessons from Climate Adaptation in 2025
Published, 21st December 2025
Author: Olivia Poston
❋ Tecture MAG- Japan
インドの砂漠に適応するサステナブルな社員食堂
A Sustainable Employee Cafeteria Adapted to the Indian Desert
Published, 9th August 2026
Awards
❋ ArchDaily - Building of the Year 2026
Industrial Architecture Category
Voted Top 5 Globally
❋ Tecture Awards 2026
Nominated & Ambassador’s Select
Longlist & Endorsed by three ambassadors.
“Extremes often define adverse conditions and demand novel solutions to the challenges they raise. Yet these conditions are what nurture those solutions—gradually, but consistently, over time—that often make home within these landscapes, such as a cactus in a desert. The team at Studio Dot designed a canteen for a similar extreme: the Agrocel Factory in the vast salt desert of the Rann of Kachchh”
“工場の敷地内に佇む、働く人のための食堂です。一度に多人数が利用する空間は往々にして無機質な大空間になりがちですが、ここでは配膳スペースを核に4つのダイニングを放射状に配することで、住宅のような親密なスケール感を実現しています。壁面の木製ルーバーは、視線を遮りつつ自然換気を促し、過酷な日射と工場特有の風景を柔らかな光へと変容させます。計画・造形・素材の選定のすべてが、この環境への真摯な応答として見事に機能していると思います。”
“インドの化学産業企業の工場敷地内にある従業員のための食堂プロジェクト。屋根に船舶解体場から回収した木材を用いたり、廃材を活用した美しい表情を生み出している木製のルーバーなど、様々な地元資源の利用や再活用を行っています。また、これらは、学校中退者に建築工芸を教える教育機関との協働により制作されるなど、産業、教育、資源などあらゆるものが、統合され、美しい建築として立ち現れた素晴らしいプロジェクトだと思います。”
“近辺の船舶の解体材を再利用した屋根、羊毛や泥を利用した断熱材、廃材を使った格子スクリーンなど、地産地消のサスティナビリティに配慮した素材やローカルな建築技術を積極的に使った建築である。一方で、グリッドに基づく拡張可能なプラン構成、力強い断面形を軸としたシンメトリカルな構成、構造材の分節化などが洗練されており、ヴァナキュラーなテイストとコンテンポラリーな空間づくりが無理なく共存している点が印象深い。”
❋ Kutchmitra (Newspaper)
કચ્છનાં ટકાઉ બાંધકામને ફરી વિશ્વનાં પોખણા
Published, 24th March 2026
Author: Keyur Vaidya