RAJDHANI HOUSE

KOTHRUD, PUNE, MAHARASHTRA

EAST SIDE ELEVATION
Plot Area: 5220 sq ft
Built Up Area: 5274 sq ft
Project Timeline: 2014 – 2015
Project Cost: 5000 per sq ft

SAMYAK C2 INFRA PVT LTD, PUNE

Principal Architects: Subhash Takale, Nupur Mahajani, Sandeep Bamb
Interior Designer: Kavita Seth

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The architectural design and the interior design is based on

minimalist approach focusing more on the space that it shapes up

and less on the materials.

The cityscape of Pune in 22nd century does portay an urban picture, yet the areas
addressed as peths or wadas, in a instant commemorate the deep rooted history of
the state. Once home to the Peshwas, the city hosts not only several forts but also
the typical Maharashtrian houses.
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9 LEGEND
1.Entrance
2.Parking
3.Lobby
4.Servant's Room
5 5.Toilet
1.61x2.64
6.Kitchen
4 7.Driver's Toilet
3.45x3.77
6 8.Store
1.61x3.77 9.Landscape Area

2 8
1.61x1.11
5.67x7.78
3
1 3.45x2.44

7
1.61x2.08

4
LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
0 8m

Lower Ground Floor Plan

B
LEGEND
1.Entrance
2.Entrance Court
3.Tulsi Vrindavan
4.Deepstambh
6 5.Outdoor Seating
5.29x2.75
19
6.Garden
7.Lobby
8.Staircase
11 12 9.Central Courtyard
3.35x5.19 2.45x1.37 10.Kitchen
18 11.Dinning
1.61x2.34 9
3.35x3.35 12.Pooja Room
13.Store Room
17 13 14.Living Room
4.40x3.77 1.61x2.97
15.Guest Bedroom
14 16.Powder Room
ROAD

15 6.15x6.45
17.Parent's Bedroom
4.40x3.77 A'
18.Toilet
20 19.Pooja Garden
A 10 20.Utility
16 5.25x2.53
1.61x2.34
8 7

4
5 6
6 3
2 3.43x2.98
15.42x4.00 5.29x3.41

6
1

B'

ROAD

Upper Ground Floor Plan

UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
0
4
8m
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Above: Intricately designed door at the entrance

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Top: View of the main entrance with

traditional door design

Left and Above: Traditional elements of

the Tulsi pot and deeepmala in the entry
courtspace
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Sited in the southwest zone of Pune, sits Rajdhani

Bungalow spreading across 5220 sq ft. The site is
surrounded by three storied bungalows and road
on two sides with level difference of 1.80 meters
within the road entries on the south and west. The
client himself a Maharashtrian, wanted a typical
Maharashtrian house with historic relevance,
four bedrooms and standard requirements.
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A few key elements of the wadas were the thick walls, strategic zoning of spaces
around the internal courtyard and waterbody and stone – was used lavishly as a
principal material.
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COURTYARD SECTION

COURTYARD PLAN
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Above Left and Right: View of the double height internal courtyard with skylight

The architect’s consciously decided to use ‘likely to get extinct’ local and manual
skills. The thought as designers one should consciously utilise the platform to
allow artisans to display their work. The focus was not on any special construction
techniques but it was to review the old wisdom for which once upon a time we as
Indians were known all over the globe. High pressure laminates have been used for
windows and doors as door panels are sandwiched between two glass sheets with
motif cut out on panels.
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12
3 12 LEGEND
7
2 2.65x2.97
3.04x1.80
2.41x2.97 1.Master Bedroom
11 10
3.45x2.97
2.Walk-in-wadrobe
6 1.61x3.54 3.Toilet
3.04x1.68 5
3.86x5.14 4.Lobby
5.Daughter's Bedroom
13 6.Walk-in-wadrobe
A' 7.Toilet
4 9 8.Seating
2.53x2.51 3.49x4.81 9.Den's Room
1
A 5.29x4.58 8 10.Terrace
3.45x2.97 11.Toilet
12.Garden
13.Standing Balcony

13 13
3.71x1.43 3.71x1.43

B'
4
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
0 8m

First Floor Plan

LEGEND
1.Pantry
2.Toilet
4 3.Serving Counter
4.Terrace

A'
1
3
3.45x1.54
A

B' 4
TERRACE FLOOR PLAN 0 8m

Terrace Floor Plan

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Above: Daughter’s Bedroom

Left: Den’s room

The architectural design and the interior design is based on minimalist approach
focusing more on the space that it shapes up and less on the materials. The external
stone work is done by local craftsmen and locally available stone. The light which
filters through these panels looks beautiful and acts as fenestrations.
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EAST SIDE ELEVATION

Elevation – East

M L K J I H G F E D C B A

Elevation – North
NORTH SIDE ELEVATION
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Elevation – West
WEST SIDE ELEVATION

Elevation – South
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STANDING BALCONY ELEVATION

STANDING BALCONY PLAN

Top Left and Above: Master Bedroom and attached balcony

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Above: Exclusive view of the staircase highlighted by the rope functioning as a hand rail
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The spaces are accentuated by several art and craft pieces which are of relevance to the
traditional roots of Maharashtra. Elements like typical motifs, use of Maharashtrian
sarees in form of curtains and soft furnishings, employment of old carved wooden
columns and brackets from a demolished Maharashtrian wada – all evoke a sense
of traditional belonging.
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Section A–A

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SECTION B - B'
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Typical Door
TYPICAL DOOR Detail
DETAIL

Typical
TYPICAL Window
WINDOW DETAIL Detail
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Above: View of spaces aligned around the courtyard add depth to the space

The project was to be completed in 15 months including the civil work and the
interiors. Being in a housing society came in work time restrictions of 7 am to 7 pm
and no work on Sundays.

Many craftsmen were involved and there was a particular sequence to be followed. The
design of the residence is based on a module derived from old typical Maharashtrian
wada. All the elements are typical. A mock-up of different elements was executed in
a work shop shed away from the site. All the building elements were standardized
followed by production and assembly. Fusion of ‘old wisdom and new technology’
makes this house a timeless architecture.
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Wallpaper: Floor & Furnishing, from Interior

Elements & Incorporation
Hardware: Hettich from Gayatri Hardware
Modular Kitchen: Meine Kuche, Pune
Kitchen Sink: Franke from Meine Kuche
Ply: Icon (Gurjan) from SBK Timber, Pune
Veneer: Natural Veneer, City Ply, Pune
Laminates: Greenlam from SBK Timber, Pune
Stone: Shahabad and Rough Stone
Airconditioning: Daikin, Airtech Engineering
and Solutions, Pune
Courtyard Blocks: Ceipo from Tile World,
Noida
Artifacts: Anantaya, Jaipur
PRODUCT & MATERIAL APPLICATIONS Paintings: Artist Anjali More
Roofing: RCC Slab from Aadi Infrastructure
Cladding: Stone Cladding from Polygon KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Hardscape Structural Design: Himanshu Tulpule &
Windows: Customized from Pratishtha Associates
Interior Civil Contractor: Aadi Infrastructure
Tiles: Kajaria from Sathe & Company, Pune Façade: Stone Cladding – Polygon Hardscape
Lighting: Anantaya from Jaipur (Abhijit Ahir)
Sahil & Sarthak from Delhi Landscape: SBA Architects and Designers Pvt.
Endo, Energy Economics, Pune Ltd. (Shobha Bhopatkar)
Colour: Asian Paints MEP: Consolidated Consultants & Engineers
Sanitaryware & Bath Fittings:: Jaquar from Pvt. Ltd.
Sathe & Co, Pune
Furniture: Pratishtha Interior, Old furniture PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
– Fort Kochi Atul Kanetkar
Furnishing, Carpets & Rugs: Customized by
Nir Studio, Pune

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