The Monolithic House

The Monolithic House 

MODO Designs

The Monolithic House
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ARCHITECTS
MODO Designs

INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Studio Pvdrs

LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS
Dragonflyfarm

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS
912 Consultants

MEP CONSULTANTS
Jhaveri Associates

DESIGN TEAM
Arpan Shah, Ahana Shah

CONTRACTORS
Vaishali Enterprise

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographix

AREA
11025 Ft²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, India

CATEGORY
Houses

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The site is on the outskirts of Ahmedabad with farmlands around. The brief given by the owner was to design a house that would have open spaces within and a greener patch on the outside.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The proposed design is a central courtyard house with spaces around it and interspersed by open to sky spaces to connect the central court to the peripheral open spaces.

The central court is the soul of the house having a sitting deck and bit of plantations surrounded by loose brown mandana kapci.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The court has remote operated fabricated roof which is mostly kept open during the day for natural light and ventilation.

One enters through arrival court into a vestibule which is fused with passage to lead to other spaces.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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On the left of vestibule is the pooja space that open into the east garden, while adjoining this space is the drawing area and living area.

Both these spaces open into a verandah which connects to the east garden.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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To the right of vestibule one can go to the kitchen in southeast part, adjoining it on west is the dining which open into a small outdoor space.

The stair to the first floor sits adjoining the dining space while the south wing holds the grandparent’s bedroom on south west and parents room on south east which overlooks the east garden.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The upper floor houses bedroom for the 2 son’s bedroom which spill into terrace and overlooking the east garden.

Further it has 1 guestbedroom and 1 kid’s room. All tied through a semi open passage overlooking the central courtyard.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The house has a monolithic feel, with concrete structure and cement finished walls and kotah stone flooring.

Wood complements the concrete through wood ceiling, wall paneling and reclaimed wood door windows.

The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
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The Monolithic House
Plan - Ground Floor
The Monolithic House
Plan - 1st Floor


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