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Set in a tranquil ambiance facing the paddy feild and marsh.We combined our mutul passion for nature architecture and a minimalastic lifestyle to come up with the design concept for the house, This stylish pad designed for Banker
The interior of the house, is free of doors and windows with minimal internal walls so that the spaces flow into one another.” Security has been provided by raising the boundary wall up to the roof and connecting it with a horizontal steel grill at roof level.
The ground floor consists of a carport, dining area, pantry and bedroom with an attached bathroom on the wing along the road and the double height living area is perpendicular to this. The carport can be used as an extension of the living area if needed. The upper floor consists of two bedrooms with attached bathrooms with a mezzanine and family lounge that looks down on the living area. There are two steel and timber staircases, one of which continues to the roof terrace through another mezzanine above the family lounge.
The double height living area originally had a shallow reflecting pool on one side along its length and the garden on the other. This was subsequently filled up, paved and planted to create an extension of the living and garden areas.
combined with brick walls painted white and a soffit of unplastered concrete. The floor, cool to one’s feet, is of cut and polished cement. All doors opening out onto the garden are of aluminium and glass, further enhancing the effects of light and space. This type of design is very conducive to entertaining, points out Archt de Silva, with the free flowing of spaces, and the present tenant of the house has considerably enhanced the spatial quality by landscaping and designing the interior to blend with the simplicity of the structure.
“Being minimalist in design and use of materials means you cannot cover up and hide with decorations. The structural details are a major part of the building” |
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