Design Work Group

Brick Curtain House

BRICK CURTAIN HOUSE

Design Work Group

Brick Curtain House
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MANUFACTURERS
Daikin, Siemens, JJB bricks

ELECTRICIAN
Leo Electrical

BRICK FAÇADE
Mithun Vishvak and team

CONTRACTOR
Himmat Patel

CARPENTER
Sureshbhai Suthar

STONE WORK
Praveen Tank

PAINT WORK
Guddubhai

WINDOWS
Dream Home Element

EXTERIOR STONE CHIP PLASTER
Kesari Singh

MODULAR KITCHEN
Ottimo Agency

DESIGN TEAM
Dinesh Suthar, Bharat Patel, Jitendra Sabalpara, Sonakshi Berlia, Bhavika Suthar, Vishakha Jain, Ankit Sojitra, Chirag Katrodiya

STRUCTURE
Angle Consultancy

PHOTOGRAPHS
phxindia

AREA
810 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Surat, India

CATEGORY
Houses

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Text description provided by architect.

Residence the architectural space we call a “House” is the image we have of a functional environment where we carry out part of our life.

It is a place containing a Miniature Universe able to speak of its inhabitants and their lifetime achievements.

There were three major driving forces that led to the accomplishment of the project
- Climate
- Context
- Client’s brief

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Brick Curtain House
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Brick Curtain House
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India is a home to an extraordinary variety of climatic regions. The site being located in Surat, Gujarat falls into hot and humid climatic zone. High humidity, strong sun and glare from sky characterize the climate.

Our client having a family of 5, Mr Kanji bhai Bhalala is a public figure whose only purpose is to serve the mankind and be in constant touch with people in the neighbourhood and visitors throughout the day.

The site is a part of Residential society a corner plot approached from road on the west edge. 

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The layout was organised such that the private zone were at the inner side and public zone in the front facilitated by a centralised connecting services.

On the ground, the front occupies parking while the rear consists of servant room and a multi-purpose hall that connects with the outdoor Garden In the habitable spaces above , Private spaces like kitchen, dining and bedroom are accommodated at the inner side of the house while the front portion serves the client interactive nature and hence contains Semi- Open Spaces on both the sides that helps connection with the neighbours with a double height Living area in the centre.

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Within the centralised connecting spaces lies the prayer area which can be looked up to from the 2nd and 3rd floor. Further, on the third floor, the Home Office is at front merging with the terrace garden on the sides.

The spatial Organisation brought with it the biggest climatic challenge the front facade with large surface areas stood exposed to the West side intensifying the heat gain throughout the day.

To reduce heat gain various explorations were done after understanding the architectural elements of hot climatic region:
- Material
- Texture
- Jali
- Engraving

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The analysis led us to select BRICK - a module that is raw and natural just as the client, and could help create projections reducing the heating effect.

A brick façade with bulges protruding in and out was selected. As the façade majorly needs to shade the central indoor environment the two ends are straight without bulges, giving the undulations in the centre a firm hold.

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Brick Curtain House
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The central portion was divided in three parts each having 3 bulges in a series. To structurally hold the huge façade of 83 layers, vertical and horizontal reinforcement was added.

THE CHOSEN FORM SERVED DUALLY

- Individually the brick module shaded itself. - Convex bulges in the wall would shade its lower concave bulges, doing the same shading thing at larger level

The house is a perfect epitome of how a plane curtains itself. It stands out and connects to surroundings – both at the same time!

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The brick façade provides an ideal backdrop for the living area and major interaction spaces aesthetically adding simplicity and integrity to the design.

Overall the expression of house is response to client’s affinity for nature. It’s an outcome of seeking sustainable and functional amalgamation for the living environment.

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