RESIDENCE CASE STUDY

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Ar. Pulkit Gupta Shailja Gehlot
Ar. Kamal Khetani
COURTYARD VILLA
• Curated by Clara Ott
• March 27, 2019
• Houses
• Hyderabad, India  
• Architects: MORIQ
• Area: 7500.0 ft²
• Year: 2017
• Manufacturers: Bolzan Letti, ENDO & CREE, Grohe, Henge,
Max Divani, Molteni & C, Pianca, Roche Bobois, SERIP,
Shake Furniture
• Lead Architects: Riyaz Quraishi & Simeen Quriashi

This is a north facing vaastu compliant home for a single family

dwelling, which is designed on a linear plot with neighbours homes on
east & west sides and an open plot in the south.
The highlight of the project is the courtyard in between the front
courtyard and the living area.  This being a north facing plot as per
vaastu the living space had to be placed to the north east side and any
entry from the north east side would mar the privacy of the owners.   So
we have introduced the courtyard in between the front yard and the
living space with an entrance to the living area from the courtyard
facing east.
ground floor consists of dining area, dry and wet kitchen with The second floor occupies the gym, home theatre, lift lobby powder
utility and store space and bedroom with attached deck area. room and an open terrace.
 The living area is of double height and opens in the north. 
The flooring for courtyard comes in a combination of
white marble wooden finish tiles, natural stones from
Pondicherry and pebbles.  The boundaries of the
courtyard are customized and are made of louvers in
combination of MS frame and natural wood.

The second floor occupies the gym, home theatre, lift lobby powder
room and an open terrace.
DAMANIA RESIDENCE

Location: Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India

Design features:

A private bungalow at Ahmadnagar, it is a small yet beautifully executed design.

 Located at the core and in the midst of a courtyard is the double height circular sky lit staircase drum
around which the house has been conceptualized. This is the symbolic soul of the house acting as a living
and meeting space. Radial passages from here traverse the courtyard to broaden into bedrooms. The free
form of the pool between the bedroom wings helps to soften the rigid geometry of the stone and blend
harmoniously the landscape and the building through a multitude of reflections.
 
Interior Design
Sturdy, strong and masculine furniture.
Furniture and flooring compliments as well as dramatize the spatial form.

Trying to follow this philosophy Art Deco furniture was chosen, for this seemed to suit the style of
the architecture best. A considerable amount of research work managed to achieve something
practical sturdy and masculine like the client wanted and simultaneously make a bold statement,
like the architecture.

Dining and living room

In the dining room the 14 seater dining table and side units in solid teak and black granite resemble
a FLW design with its clean straight lines and austere look; while a set of specially designed
armchairs in velvet and black lacquer in the living room are reminiscent of a 1930's setting. The wall
sconces in copper and black which were specially designed, an antique Art Deco table in the dining
lobby and Mackintosh chairs at the entrance all enhance the look. Adding a splash of colour to this
predominantly black and tan ensemble is Awachats colourful clown above the dining table while 10
feet of Laxman Shrestha dominates the living room wall.

 
Bar and art gallery

The portrait of a drinking woman in green by Sunil Das

proclaims the bar, also, here marble breaks way for a teak floor.
An antique Art Deco unit doubles up as the bar with green
leather upholstered bar stools, sofas, green stained wood
paneling and skirting carving out a man's comer in an already
very manly house. The circular drum provides the perfect
backdrop for the sweep of the staircase along one half of it with
its double height panels of lead jointed stained glass in subtle
shades of browns, yellows and greens and simultaneously
doubles as gallery housing a series of black and white paintings
by Badrinarayan and Imtiaz Dharker. Hussain and Jatin Das
adorn the walk of the bedrooms.

Bedroom
The three family rooms , which branch from the drum ,are on
the ground floor and the guest bedrooms on the upper floor.
 
The three family rooms are occupied by Father Cawas,
Brother Vispi and Parvez himself. Each bedroom suite is
complete with dressing rooms and toilets, the design of each
being individualistic within the parent Art Deco style, with
its  grooved bands, solid wood paneling and multi-coloured
wood inlays.

Flooring :
The flooring throughout the house is a combination of white
and green marble with accents in red and black with more
elaborate patterns in the staircase drum and entrance lobby,
thus playing up the geometry of these spaces.

 
Finally what becomes apparent in the design is that it is not
only a juxtaposition of masses but, each mass is a the
representation of its function in plan without any ambiguity
or pretentiousness.
 
Site Plan
Floor Plans
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