FRAMES VILLA IN CHENNAI / INVENTARCHITECTS

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OVER VIEW
Villa in Chennai / Inventarchitects

This offshore Villa is located in a prime

locality along the East Coast Road in Chennai.

Apart from the requirement of having private

and semi-private spaces, we wanted the user to
experience the coastal breeze along with the
water, within his zone of proximity without
having to access the beachfront

. The concept behind this design relies on the

spatial segmentation of semi-public areas
which maximizes the virtual connectivity
within the house through light which we call
the exponent.
OVER VIEW

VGP LAYOUT, CHOLAMANDAL ARTISTS VILLAGE,

INJAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU 600115
VGP LAYOUT, CHOLAMANDAL ARTISTS VILLAGE,
INJAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU 600115

ACESS TO THE BEACH

ACESS TO MAIN ROAD

SITE AND CONTEXT
THE HOUSE IS CONNECTED WITH
THE SECONDARY ROAD AND
EXPOSED TO EAST LIGHT.

ACESS TO MAIN ROAD

ACESS TO THE BEACH

THE PLOT IS SURROUNDED WITH THE HOUSE IS SURROUDED WITH

MAJOR VEGETATION IN THE PRIVATE BUNGLOWS AND
NORTH OF THE SITE. IN THE RESIDENTIAL VILLAS WHICH
WEST WEST A BARREN LAND IS ARE BEING CONNECTED WITH
ATTACHED TO IT. TERTIARY ROAD LINK
 DESIGN BRIEF
This offshore Villa is located in a

prime locality along the East

Coast Road in Chennai. Apart

from the requirement of having

private and semi-private

spaces,the architect has provided

the user to experience the

coastal breeze along with the

water, within the zone of

proximity without having to

access the beachfront. The

concept behind this design relies

on the spatial segmentation of

semi-public areas that maximizes

the virtual connectivity within the

house through light.

VEGETATION
DENSE TREE

SMALL TREE AND SHRUBES

TREES SUCH AS MANGO,

NEEM, ASOPALAV,
TEMIREND TREES ARE
FOUND NEAR THE SITE.
IDEOLOGIES CONSIDERED WHILE DESIGNING THE HOUSE
 THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF A SOLID PLANE WHICH PROTECTS THE RESIDENCE FROM THE SECONDARY
SOUTHERN HEAT, AND THE WEST CONSISTS OF A SOLID VOLUME WHICH CONTAINS THE PRIVATE SPACES
- BEDROOMS. THE REST FORMS THE EXPONENT WHICH HOLDS THE SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE.
THE DETRACTION OF VOLUMES FROM THE EXPONENT FELICITATES THE FORMATION OF OPEN SPACES WHICH
COMPRISES OF THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE PARKING BELOW. SUCCESSIVELY, IT HELPS THE USER FROM
INSIDE TO INTERACT WITH THE SPACE OUTSIDE.
 THE DESIGN AND LOCATION OF THE SWIMMING POOL AREA IS AN IMPORTANT INTEGRAL TO THIS
RESIDENCE AS IT PROVIDES AN EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE USER WHO CAN APPRECIATE THE
VIEW OF THE BEACH BEING IN THE WATER OR FROM THE APPENDING DECK AREA. THE HOME-THEATER
BECOMES THE REMNANT VOLUME IN THIS PROCESS OF DETRACTION WHICH IN TURN OPENS OUT TO
THE TERRACE FORMED. IT EXTENDS AS A GATHERING SPACE AFTER AN EVENING MOVIE
THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF
THE SEMI-PRIVATE AREA
INVOLVES INTERSECTING ‘L’
VOLUMES. THEIR INTERNAL
INTERACTION AND THE
INTERACTION WITH OUTSIDE
ARE MARKED AS A FRAME
WHICH ACCENTUATES THE
VIEW. THIS SETUP FACILITATES
A WELL-LIT DOUBLE HEIGHT
LIVING SPACE. THE JUNCTION
CREATED BY THESE ‘L’
VOLUMES HOUSES THE
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
ELEMENTS, THE LIFT AND THE
STAIRCASE. THE STAIRCASE AS
A STRUCTURE ENHANCES THE
AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE
LIVING SPACE AND PROMOTES
VISUAL INTERACTION WITHIN
THE HOUSE.
FLOOR PLAN
AND
ELEVATION
PRIVTAE SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

OPEN TO SKY
PRIVTAE SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

POOL AREA
PRIVTAE SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE
THERE ARE TWO FORMS OF WATER WHICH BECOMES PART OF
THIS RESIDENCE WHICH COMPLETES THE DESIGN. ONE IS THE
INTERNAL FORM, WHICH IS FROM THE INFINITY TYPE
SWIMMING POOL AND THE OTHER IS THE EXTERNAL FORM
WHICH IS COLLECTED FROM THE INVERTED ROOF. BOTH WATER
FORMS ARE COLLECTED ONTO A SMALL ‘MERE’ WHICH ADDS TO
THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF THE LANDSCAPE AT THE ENTRY. THE
IDEA WAS TO ASSOCIATE WATER AS AN ENTITY WHICH FLOWS
FROM ALL THE LEVELS, INVITING EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO
ENTERS THIS RESIDENCE. LIKEWISE, AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE
ENTRY, TO HIS VISTA WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE THE WATER AT
EACH LEVEL – THE ‘MERE’ - LANDSCAPE WATER BODY, THE
“REFLECTED SWIMMING POOL WATER” WHICH IS CASTED ON
THE CEILING AND “GUTTER WATER” FROM THE INVERTED ROOF
AS IT RAINS OR OVERFLOWS FROM TANK.
MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION DETAILS :
R.C.0 FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH BRICK WORKS AND PLASTER WITH A FINAL COAT OF MARINE PAINT.

SOLAR CONTROL TOUGHENED GLASS.

U-P.V.0 WINDOWS

STAINLESS STEEL (304.)

VITRIFIED TILES

THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF A SOLID PLANE WHICH PROTECTS THE SPACES FROM THE MAIN HARSH
WESTERN HEAT AND A SOLID VOLUME CONTAINING PRIVATE SPACES, I.E. THREE BEDROOMS.

THE EXPONENT FELICITATES THE FORMATION OF OPEN SPACES WHICH COMPRISES OF THE SWIMMING
POOL AND THE PARKING BELOW.

THE HOME-THEATRE OPENS OUT TO THE TERRACE.THE SPACES ARE SEGMENTED AS L VOLUMES AND
THEIR INTERNAL INTERACTION AND THE INTERACTION WITH OUTSIDE ARE MARKED AS A FRAME TO
ACCENTUATE THE VIEW.

THE VOID FRAME ON THE NORTH COMPLEMENTS THE SOLID FRAME INTRODUCED ON THE SOUTH SIDE
AND IT ADDS TO THE OVERALL FORM OF THE DESIGN.

THERE ARE TWO FORMS OF WATER COLLECTED IN THIS RESIDENCE WHICH FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART
OF DESIGN. ONE FORM IS THE COLLECTED WATER FROM THE ROOF AND THE OTHER FROM THE
SWIMMING POOL. BOTH ARE CONNECTED AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL.