EN Tropical House Urveel

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TROPICAL HOUSE URVEEL

Design Work Group

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Dinesh Suthar

CONTRACTOR
Praveen Patel

MANUFACTURERS
Daikin, Saint-Gobain, Vitra, DHE

ELECTRICIAN
Sakil

HORTICULTURIST
Yogesh Avaiya

DESIGN TEAM
Bharat Patel, Jitendra Sabalpara, Sonakshi Berlia, Bhavika Suthar, Vishakha Jain, Chirag Katrodia

CARPENTER
Sureshbhai Suthar

STRUCTURE
Angle Consultancy

SECURITY SYSTEM
Jayant Vyas

PAINT WORK
Guddubhai

STONE WORK
Dharmesh Tank

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographix

AREA
900 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Saniya Hemad, India

CATEGORY
Houses

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Urveel is a weekend residence, away from the city noises, into the woods. Located in the village of Sania Hemad in Surat district, Urveel represents the character of earth in its true sense.

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The 900 sq m bungalow rests on the edge of the village, in a quiet zone, and within the heart of nature. There were six mango trees and 6 to 8 huge sapodilla trees on the site.

Our major concern was to keep the existing trees on the plot untouched and built the house around them.

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Letting the nature prosper in the 4000 sq m plot, we designed a 4 bedroom residence that preserves and merges into the green canopies of the mango and sapodilla trees.

Moreover, the space are placed in such a way that it segregates private and public spaces, and creates an atmosphere where the distinction between indoor and outdoor spaces is lost, while the amalgamation leads the dweller to an unrestrained, non-abrupt and unhindered ambience.

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The plan's network is divided using two major brick walls, one linear and another an L shaped, running throughout the house, connecting and dividing the internal spaces, thus it become the very important element of the house.

The fire bricks used for these walls become a critical material, as they allow flexibility in usage. Sometimes porous like a jali, sometimes opaque and textured; and at times forming a courtyard or working as a backdrop; these walls can be seen from every corner of the house.

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The bedrooms are all independent separate entities, resting on the west as they catch the winds. Connected by a corridor, they are followed by covered sitting and pooja.

A large swimming pool is hosted near the center, making sure the design is loyal to the concept by integrating into nature. An outdoor kitchen, changing rooms, gym and steam rooms nestle around it.

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The living, dining and kitchen are provided with a flush of openings on the north facade, allowing the spaces into the lush landscape.

To attain our aim of designing a space close to earth, Urveel, we utilized materials such as fire bricks, granite, cobles, river pebbles, wood and other natural earthy materials.

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Optimum utilization of these materials, in a luxurious, yet extrovert space was the aim.An outdoor kitchen, changing rooms, gym and steam rooms nestle around it.

The structure secures a contemporary pitched roof. The conventional light may not fit well with the sloping wooden ceiling, thus large, well fitted 4 independent pivoted lights with adjustable focus were designed to complement the roof.

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The tropical house offers soft landscape with lawns, integrated with the residence.

A pergola rests on the landscape, where most of the space is occupied by existing trees, carefully allowed to thrive on the site.

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The layout and planning stays true to the idea of sustainability and requirements of volume and spaces, offering salvation from the city's abyss and calling into the paradise of the countryside, as the house and the nature blend in to become one.


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Construction Section
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Construction Plan


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Floor Plans
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Existing Trees


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