The Open House

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

THE OPEN HOUSE

Modo Designs

ARCHITECTS
Modo Designs

LANDSCAPING
Amit Modha

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Arpan Shah

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS
Amee Associates

MANUFACTURERS
Kohler, ABBA, Asian Paints, Fab India

INTERIOR DESIGN
Saptak Patel

TEAM
Prachi Bhavsar

PHOTOGRAPHS
Radhika Pandit

AREA
3600 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, India

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This weekend house is meant as a gathering and retreat place for a Gujarati family which is located in a posh western locality of the Ahmedabad. The design brief given by the owner was to develop the place more like a small resort.

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit
The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

Keeping this essential brief in mind, the house is designed as two blocks separated by open to sky space.

The idea was to allow natural elements flow into the blocks and engage the users with these elements and thereby connect them to nature.

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit
The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

The front block has the living, dining and verandah space which are more public in nature and are interpreted by glass pavilion.

The rear block houses the private bedroom spaces and kitchen and hence more stark and introverted in expression. The sense of openness and flow prevails, to have inviting resort like feel.

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit
The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

The glass pavilion is shield by the harsh sun through a deep verandah in south, an entry vestibule slab in east and through a wood screen in west. The pool located in south west part causes cool breeze to flow into the living and bedroom spaces.

The house is intended to be informal in nature eliminating false ceiling in internal spaces and keeping exposed RCC slabs.

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit
The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

The flooring in living and bedroom spaces is river washed Indian granite while all toilet has natural granite, slate and marble.

The external walls have Indian granite cladding in certain portions and stone granule plaster. The internal walls explore direct paint without putty to have characteristic rustic look.

The Open House
© Radhika Pandit
The Open House
© Radhika Pandit

The concern of using the waste is also explored in couple of toilets where granite waste is used to create random patterns.


The Open House
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The Open House
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