Samruddhi House / AANGAN Architects

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HOUSES
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SURAT, INDIA
Architects: AANGAN Architects
Area:
430 m²
Year:
2021
Photographs:
Pratikruti09
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Lead Architects: Vishal Shah, Vishal Desai
Landscape Architect: AANGAN Architects, Niti Shah
Contractor: Akshat Enterprise
Structure Engineers: Sai Consultants
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Text description provided by the architects. Samrudhhi is a House nested in Surat

city’s lately developed suburban residential neighborhood. Samruddhi, a Gujarati
word meaning prosperity, is a house for a family of three prospering generations
with a mutual inclination towards having a ‘Home’ that feels ‘Homely’. Design ideas
attempted to creatively address very simple yet essential needs of a functional and
sustainable abode. The design nurtures the idea of a sustainable dwelling by
understanding and responding to the climate and context in the best of its spirit
by the use of Courtyard, Natural light, and a permeable facade as key components.

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Since it’s a small piece of land of 190 Sq.Mt. with requirements spanning to
accommodate around 10 different spatial functions, the building footprint had to be
maximized. While the limitation of plot size clearly indicated that the bungalow
would rise up to four stories, it was a challenge to retain its humble scale and
discouraging an outlook of a low-rise apartment. All the more, it was quite
challenging to integrate a double-height courtyard in the residence, as a source of
Natural light and air, along with it being a cohesive family space. Vastu
compliance being the client’s primary insistence, all the services had to be placed
on the front (entry) side, eventually, complicating the visual and experiential
connections that an architect desires to achieve.

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The spatial configuration revolves around the idea of placing functional spaces
around the Courtyard aiming to extend their physical and visual association across
three stories. The arrangement also prioritizes privacy as a concern in arranging
private and semi-private spaces around the court The Open-to-sky courtyard is
strategically positioned on the North-East side connecting the Living space, Dining
space, Pooja space on the Higher Ground Floor and study area & home office on the
upper floors. Considering norms of ‘Vastushastra’, Kitchen and living room are
placed on the Southern side of the bungalow with a buffer space with utilitarian
activities. This created buffer is enveloped with a Brick Screen offering desired
privacy, ventilation as well as passive cooling for the Southern facade.

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Opening up to outside and bringing the tree inside the house signifies the design
intent of integrating nature as an indispensable part of the living experience. A
very simplistic material palette of Brick and exposed Concrete is explored in the
truest of its spirit to address the structural, climatic as well as aesthetic needs
of this humble abode. Albeit a conventional palate, it is played around by
exploring variations in forms and surfaces such that they become an aesthetical
canvas for inside as well as outside. One and a half brick Flemish bond was one
such conscious decision to achieve passive cooling through its cavity as well as
thickness.

The use of Indian white stone flooring gives a traditional as we as modern feel
owing to its textures and colors. Brick being such an important part of elevation
also plays an important role in shaping a number of interior elements such as door
handles and louvers. The huge ventilated Northern facade of the courtyard has a
resolved mechanical system to make it efficiently operable. This large window
system with glass multiple louvers is operated through hand gear having a bevel
gear and fork-swivel opener technique.

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