KĀ HOUSE
Studio Sangath
ARCHITECTS
Studio Sangath
CLIENTS
Komal & Anand Sanchorawala
CONSTRUCTION
Japan Shah
ENGINEERING
Japan Shah
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Sönke Hoof
MANUFACTURERS
Graphisoft, Duravit, Greenply, Asian Paints, Corvi, Greenlam, Hybec, Kaff, Piccolo Mosaic, Samsung
DESIGN TEAM
Sonke Hoof, Namrata Sah, Vivek Gajjar, Dhruv Gusain, Niccolo Calabrese De Feo
PHOTOGRAPHS
Karan Gajjar / The Space Tracing Company
AREA
460 M²
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Ahmedabad, India
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architects.
KĀ House is a private residence for a family of four, located in a quiet neighborhood in the western outskirts of Ahmedabad.
The appearance from outside is a cluster of solid red blocks.
The blocks contain the private spaces, such as the bedrooms and the kitchen and are placed at the four corners of the building.
They are pushed apart to make space for the more public spaces such as living, dining and circulation.
The various parts of the building are spread over multiple levels, some just a few steps apart, increasing the spacial complexity of the house.
The openings are placed to cut direct sunlight, but natural daylight bounces and filters deep into all areas of the house.
The ground floor connects directly to the open spaces around the house. The rooms of the upper floor open up to private verandas or open courtyards.
The walls of KĀ House are finished with a local variant of Venetian plaster, where we have replaced marble dust with that of bricks.
The technique was developed with the local masons on site. The plaster is colored through and through and gives the residence its red color.
