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AMBARA
by Wright Inspires

made with love in India

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Project Location : Poornaprajna Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Architectural Firm : Wright Inspires
Principal Architect : Prathima Seethur
Project Team : Prem Prakash, Manish

Plot Area : 1,500 sq. ft.

Built-up Area : 2,720 sq. ft.
Plot Dimensions : 49’ 10” x 29’ 10”
No. of Rooms :3
No. of Cars :1
Timeline : Apr 2017 - Dec 2019
Vastu Compliant : Yes
Project Cost : INR 3,750 per sq. ft.

“One can gaze into the sky from the oval, as it is fondly called, and watch the
clouds slowly sail by while sitting in the comfort of their own home.”
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Site and Surrounding Context
Ambara, a warm and welcoming home, is like
a puzzle with 1000 pieces when slowly pieced
together with the right hands, the spaces come alive.
In the context of where the site is located, achieving
an atmosphere of serene calm inside a home, a home
that sits within the busy-bustling city of Bengaluru
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seemed to be almost pretentious and borderline
fictitious, but to do so convincingly was no mean
feat for the architect. The area of the site is compact
with namely three abutting neighboring plots. The
facade of the home is sheltered by trees.
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The Clients
The clients were a family of three and their pet dog,
Mr. Sunshine. They had been keenly following the
architect’s works. What they wanted was simple,
environmentally friendly, utilitarian, minimal space in
the city that feels like home.
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Ground Floor Plan Ground Floor

Being an open house plan, one walks into the home to see the
warm living area, the kitchen, the dining, a unique tribal painting,
the spiraling staircase, a peek above, the sky-light, a peek below,
the underground space for entertainment.
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Basement Plan
The structure as a whole adapts to the semi-tropical climate of
Bengaluru while also being sustainable and green. An example of
such adaptivity is the oddly shaped, amoeboid basement which stays
relatively cooler compared to the surroundings.
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First Floor
First Floor Plan The first floor boasts a playfully meandering terracotta filler slab
which is quite the architectural marvel. The windows to the west
of the home are angled towards to occlude the harsh evening
sunlight and serve as a nice viewpoint towards a children’s
playground around the corner.
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Material and Color Palette
The home has a wide range of natural stones and
materials, there are Kota and Jaisalmer stones used
as flooring, pink Magadi stones are used for the
basement walls, all the wood used in the house is
recycled and there is terracotta and some exposed
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brick walls here and there. The use of natural
materials such as terracotta jaalis along with exposed
brick walls, recycled wood, and raw pink stone give
the home an earthy feel.
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Section through the Staircase

Section through the staircase highlighting the
skylights above the stair core and the dining
area.
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Skylights
As one walks into the home, one notices the charlatan
Sun posing as a chandelier above the spiraling
staircase. It is indeed a challenging task especially in
the confines of a compact piece of land in the middle
of the city, but one sees this beautiful chandelier
through the big ovular sky-light at the center of the
home.
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Staircase Details
The staircase was designed to be lightweight,
complimenting the exposed stone and brick
walls without compromising on comfort.
Wood Panels and steel sections were used and
fixed in curved walls with utmost care.
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Bridge Details
The Bridge was constructed in wood and
glass supported by box sections. The glass
stripes were used between wooden panels
to create an interesting flooring pattern.
This becomes an important feature that
allows an ample amount of light to come
from the skylight onto the ground floor.
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Services
The house has solar panels for energy and heating
water, uses a large number of LED lights, and
has a huge underground tank for rainwater
conservation. It does not have a borewell as
extracting groundwater is inconsiderately bad for
the environment.
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Conclusion
One omnipotent and omnipresent element in the
home is light. Unlike the other stationary materials,
the beauty of light is that it’s dynamic, one sees new
patterns every day and so it brings life to the spaces.
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Wall Finishes Unique Material Applications

01 / Exposed Brick
02 / Pink Magadi Stone 01 02

Windows
Windows: UPVC Windows from Lingel Windows Tech.
Tiles:
Tiles Maheshwari Impex
Color:
Color Asian Paints
Sanitaryware and Bath Fittings: Jaquar from Bath World
Furniture:
Furniture Fabindia
Furnishing:
Furnishing Aar Cee Furnishings
Wooden Flooring: Balaji Flooring

Key Contributors
Structural
Structural: B.L.Manjunath
Flooring Materials
03 / Jaisalmer Stone Civil:
Civil Balaji Constructions
04 / Kota Stone
05 / Wood and Glass Stripes Landscape: Wright Inspires
06 / Wooden Flooring 03 04 05
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Photo Credits Yash R Jain

Jaalis 07
07 / Terracotta Jaali
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