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Project • By Malik Architecture • Private Houses
Residence at Alibag 01
The site for this home is a hill in Alibag, an erstwhile village near Mumbai which has now become a destination for resorts and second homes. The site enjoys a stunning view, not only of the rolling contours surrounding it, but of the sea and the skyline of Mumbai in the distance. Conceptually, the design of the home is a departure from the “stepped terrace” typology that one would conventionally employ on a heavily contoured site. Instead, we chose to deconstruct a cuboid that is tilted and suspended over the ground and seems to simultaneously ‘float’ and ‘flow’ down the hill.
The stepped house archetype would have resulted in a large amount of excavation and would have precluded a seamless ingress of the hill through the house.
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Project • By Modo Designs • Private Houses
Aranya House
Designed as a single floor dwelling, this house is a luxurious sprawl in the lap of a natural surrounding. The house is responsive to the series of palm trees that existed before and essentially orients itself towards it. It is designed to be inclusive of the natural elements- the sun, earth, water, air and fragments of the blue sky. The layout segregates through a level difference, the parent's and son's living units and yet unites through a meeting place, which is the more open central bay.
It’s a linear organization that separates the front street side from the rear garden and gives the garden a sense of privacy. From the garden side it’s a low stretch of a horizontal formation, parallel to the line of the ground.
The house is bas... More
Project • By Abin Design Studio • Universities
IMI Bhubaneswar
The past always catches up with you. Why shouldn’t it? Especially, when it offers you a rich heritage and timeless unparalleled grandeur. Orissa is a state widely known for its opulent cultural heritage and rich architecture. Geographically, Bhubaneswar is situated in the eastern coastal plains of Orissa, India. It is one of those rare places where tradition matches its steps with modernity, where culture and technology flourish together, where the glorious past is preserved and an illustrious future is in the making. The architecture of the city should reflect the very essence of Bhubaneswar.
IMI Bhubaneswar aims at presenting a timeless piece of architecture which bridges the gap between the past and the present cultural and social lif... More
Project • By Hiren Patel Architect Design • Private Houses
The Frill House
This house is designed with prime focus with landscape.
This is a first climate oriented house plan. It has a summer garden and a winter garden. Here the plan forms "Z". Thus it creates two garden spaces on south side and north side, the south side garden is designed like a "forest " to help tree plantations to create shadows on the building. This used of garden gets sun in morning till late evening, thus ideal to use in winter. Where north side garden has more lawn area, which has shadow of building in afternoon and evening. It gets good morning sun and than later part of a day is shaded. Thus it becomes summer garden to use in hot days.
Each space has a view to garden. And we planned different philosophy to experience the garden fr... More