Janapriya Residence

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

JANAPRIYA RESIDENCE

Keystone Architects

DRAWINGS
mughdha dabanwate, emil manuel 

MANUFACTURERS
kohler, beautex fenestrations, bricsys, malsa global, millenium pools, nuvocotto bangalore, symetrix engineering solutions

LEAD ARCHITECT
harshavardhan punja

QUANTITY SURVEYORS
sai engineers cons.

CONTRACTOR
zoheb curmally

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
3fold design consultants

SITE CO ORDINATION 
pratishtha sharma 

LIGHTING SOLUTIONS
defa lights 

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
somnath manohar

MEP
nugy 

AREA
650 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Bengaluru, India

CATEGORY
Houses, house interiors

Text description provided by architect.

The client requirement, and hence the design, called for the structure to become 'invisible'. The art collection of the client and the outdoor landscape was to be the focus here.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

This meant, we had to have large openings and large wall surfaces at the same time.

The structure was to take a back seat and play the role of a 'canvas', onto which the client was to add 'character & color' by way of their art collection.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

The materials used in this design are all exposed and ‘raw’, displaying the honest nature of those materials. About 80% of the external surface of this structure is glass.

This was done to blur the edge between the 'indoors' and the 'outdoors'. To achieve this effect, we needed large seamless panels of glass, which was made possible by the use of Heavy-duty 'slim-profile' aluminum frames.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

This allowed us to use large panels of glass, some as big as 8' wide and 14' high!! The aluminum frame was almost invisible.

Most of the walls were left exposed, after plastering and hand polishing. The ceiling was left exposed and for the flooring, we used an Oxide finish.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

To bring all these materials/ finishes together and to give each of them the needed contrast, a few wall surfaces were painted white.

The clay jaali on the entrance wall, broke the monotony, in addition to maintaining privacy to an otherwise transparent house. The jaali also made sure the airflow is not disturbed.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

The spaces needed to be clean and uncluttered, to bring in a sense of openness.

This, along with the large windows makes the structure transparent and almost unnoticed, giving all the importance to the ‘art’ it houses and the landscape surrounding it.

Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography

The design of the structure lets the sun and surroundings awaken themselves, in the daytime and at night the structure breathes life into its context.


Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography
Janapriya Residence
© Arjun Krishna Photography


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North Elevation

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