Auburn home is a 5400 square feet, north-facing villa for a family of 6, located in a quiet gated community in Hyderabad, this corner plot is a little away from the other villas and is nestled around greenery. It is a sublime space with a mix of different natural stone flooring seamlessly flowing into various spaces.
This home is a delicately curated interplay of an earthy palette with pops of colour designed with a minimal approach. The spaces reveal themselves in bits when one walks upon the leather finish eye-catching Indian stone flooring. The intent of using different stone flooring with different textures was to allow the clients the experience of walking bare feet in their home.
Upon entry, the home is illuminated with a stream of natural light flowing in through a small courtyard that we created with a double height by pushing the builder's glass façade to the outer edge of the building. The courtyard adds a vertical expanse to the facade framed with greenery and a backdrop of the alluring hand-painted pooja door. The courtyard is cladded with lava rock stone ending in an abstract pattern to allow a flush of an auburn colour brick texture finish on the double-height wall balanced with an off-center composition.
Textures of soft pink, beige, wood and cane layered over the greys translate the feel and the base of the visual palette, defining the living room, while one’s eye travels upwards to the intricate concrete stencil ceiling. The common areas are woven together using an open layout, creating a visual expanse. The kitchen framed with a fluted glass door slides open to flow into the dining area. The dining room is accentuated with a brick wall spreading the warm tone to the entire space highlighting the name ‘The Auburn Home’.
The dining table has a black and white chevron marble inlay with sculptural legs and a beautiful Sabyasachi upholstery adorns the dining chairs emphasizing the auburn colour palette. The dining room opens to a lush outdoor sit-out perfect for unwinding with a cup of coffee. The focal point at the end of the passage that can also be seen from the outside is the puja room door, hand-painted by a local artist. The staircase, a mix of Kota and Jaisalmer stone with another hand-painted mural guides you up to the first floor.
The design is quintessentially minimal with Indian accents, incorporating subtle motifs in the stencils, artwork, textiles, and flooring. Selecting an earthy material and colour palette that complements both the traditional and modern aspects of design and features rich colours and materials like wood, brick, cane and stone. The most significant challenge faced was that the existing space provided by the builder required a lot of civil changes to bring in natural light and provide an open-plan interactive layout.
