DADA Design and Development Atelier

Three Trees House

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

Three Trees House

DADA & Partners

ARCHITECTS
Dada & Partners

AREA
17000 Ft²

YEAR
2014

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS
P Arora & Associates Pvt Ltd

INTERIORS
Idus Furniture Store

MEP CONSULTANT
Dada & Partners

LANDSCAPE
Design Process

LIGHTING
Idus Furniture Store

FURNITURE
Idus Furniture Store

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

BUILDER
Mr. Bharat Sawhney

HVAC CONSULTANTS
Aditya Aircon

HOME ACCESSORIES
Fcml

CARPETS
Hands Carpets

OUTDOOR FURNITURE
Idus Furniture Store

ARTWORK
Idus Furniture Store

CLIENT
Mr. Bharat Sawhney

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Set on a verdant land parcel dotted with large mature trees, the Three Trees House house is nestled -much like a fork- between three large trees.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

The premise for choosing to situate the building amidst the trees was to preserve the existing trees while enjoying the natural setting in close proximity of the habitable areas.

The house is conceived as an assembly of two fairly rectangular blocks, the east facing front block and west facing rear one. Both are connected by a narrow, transparent, staircase block.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

The largest tree of the three, a flowering Kachnar (bauhinia), becomes the centerpiece of the courtyard space. The shaded north facing courtyard is further animated with different rooms fronting onto it along with the large overhang canopies providing constant play of light and shade.

As experienced from within the house, this space brings an enhanced sense of openness inside and also unfolds constantly changing views of the outdoors, as well as the building, as one moves around the house and vertically between different levels of the house.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

The front or east block has the public functions such as the entry lobby, drawing room, dinning, and bar all of which face the large front lawn as well as the relatively intimate courtyard.

The rear block has a large double height family living room which opens out to the courtyard and the pool deck and two bedrooms facing the rear lawn.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

Both are connected by a narrow, transparent, staircase block.The upper level has four bedroom, puja room, and a lounge area for the family to gather.

The gym and sauna pavilion sits just across the swimming pool, along the Northern face of the property, and squares-off the sense of enclosure around the courtyard.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

One of the the clients needs was of a large and lofty formal drawing room spilling out to a garden.

This resulted in a three side open, 20 feet tall, lantern like space framing views to the picturesque front lawn on the east and the eventful pool-side on the west side.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

Within this lush almost ambrosial setting, the predominantly hard and monolithic landscape design creates a deliberate experiential counterpoint.

The building facade also becomes part of this setting, especially at the ground-plane level where, every so often, large vertically furrowed stone-clad panel walls frame the open space expanse.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India

The expansive and largely untouched front and rear lawns are anchored by couple of anachronous ficus trees that act as generous foreground for the house.

It is the courtyard with its orchestrated reflective pool, infinity-edged swimming pool, and floating wooden decks which engages with the mostly transparent, folding threshold of the house.

Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India


Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
Three Trees House
© Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India


Three Trees House
Site Plan
Three Trees House
Ground Floor Plan
Three Trees House
First Floor Plan

DADA Design and Development Atelier
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