The occupants of the house belong
to a very family oriented community, so they had an aspiration to create a
simple functional house where they could host several guest and gathering. This
provision needs to fulfilled on all floor levels. The site is surrounded by
many empty plots so an introvert planning was a need of the brief.
The house is conceptualized by
the fusion of Vastu and scientific principle. It has a relatively simple plan
layout. This house is contemporary house with redefined traditional Indian
elements like arches, cement tiles, jalis and wood. The composite marble, mdf
designed ceilings and furniture as well as metal screens do give a contemporary
twist. It comprises of a living space, pooja room, kitchen, dining area and a
bedroom on ground floor and master bedroom, family room, children bedroom,
guest bedroom on first floor. While the recreational zone with home theatre and
gazebo is created on the second floor.
Brick is used as elevation
element due to its versatile quality, feel of timelessness and aging with time.
There was also an experimentation done in these traditionally acquainted
resource to achieve great result in the exterior. While the interior is majorly
conceived in wood purchased from a shipping breaking yard in Alang. This
brought a limitation of the width of used reclaimed wood. Hence for the design
in the entire furniture, doors or the panelling reflects this concern.
The house opens up to a double
height foyer space with the staircase of its side and a flower shaped stone
water body from Rajasthan in centre. Grey cement tiles from Bharat Flooring has
been used. The shoe cabinet in pale green PU finish with an intricately
inverted arch design bring an identity to the foyer. The north east side is
devoted to a vast Pooja room. It also has a huge jali window on the north side to
create a play of light and shadow at the time of sunrise. The huge arches and
small design cut out in the metal screen makes a partition wall between the living
and the pooja room.
The living room comprises of in-house
manufactured large sofa and two single seater sofa from Poche Living. The large
sofa is done in dark colour fabric in order to humanise the scale of the space.
The centre table and side table is made from the wooden wastage of the entire
site. An artwork panel from mdf inspired from nature becomes backdrop element. The
kitchen is situated in the south east. The dining area and a multi coloured kota
stone deck is located in the south west. A 6 feet wide chajja helps to cuts the
harsh sun and allow indirect light to penetrate. The parent bedroom is also a
result of reclaimed wood and veneer. The large scenic wall paper and stylish
sofa are the favourites of everyone.
The family room is the heart of
the first floor. The walls are kept minimal with bright yellow cement tile from
Bharat flooring. A customised window overlooks the stair from the family room.
This visually connects the verticals and gives ample amount of light to the
room. The veneer panelling of TV and vintage wallpaper completes the look. The
changing scaigraphy is an element which turns the roominto very dramatic one.
The master bedroom has a huge
11 feet high bed back. Everything finished from 4 inches wooden planks brought
from Alang. The four bird art panels have been made to break the monotonous
look. The cane sheet on wardrobe and cabinet, wallpaper and olive colour bed
back has been created to provide a calmness and add texture to the space. The
children room is designed with a play of colours and shapes. Yellow and green are
used with grey to highlight the design. One small skewed balcony is
cantilevered on the garden space where one can come out and soak in the morning
sun. The guest room is kept minimal with kota bed back and plain laminate finish
wardrobe. The presence of a huge painting brings charm to the room.
The most striking feature
through these spaces is the presence of ample natural light, which is achieved
through the exposed brick screen provided in the south and the south east side.
It also comprises of all the services and minimize the thermal exposure inside
the room.
The home theatre on the third
floor is designed with flexibility of the gathering and party that will happen
with time. The huge bed unfolds to become a sofa and centre table as per the
use. The gazebo and curved sitting with pastel grey and peach mosaic flooring
gives a Mediterranean vibe.
Login with Google 
Login with Facebook 