Urban House

URBAN HOUSE
AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT
Plot Area: 25,100 sq ft

Built Up Area: 7,375 sq ft
Project Timeline: 2014 – 2016
Project Cost: INR 6,000 – 8,000 per sq ft
SPACE DYNAMIX, MUMBAI

Principal Architects: Manjunath Hathwar, Ashutosh Wad
Project Team: Hunny Panchal, Purti Agarwal
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The traditional concept of Indian Haveli represents royalty, cultural,
values, and beliefs. Thoughtful space planning, placement of
openings like windows and jharokhas, give individual spaces and
the overall structure, more meaning. Set in Ahmedabad city, this
residence speaks a fluent urban design language yet it’s design
foundation is inspired from the concept of the havelis.

The richness of the landscape and greens, allows the natural experiences and
peaceful environment to prevail across the property. The house consists of a
central communal courtyard surrounded by a verandah on all sides branching out
into individual rooms. This concept is but radically reinterpreted and adapted to a
contemporary context in the design of this house.
The façade defines a cluster of blocks with glazed windows and conveys the idea
of openness through the house. This gives an extroverted character to the house
that communicates with landscapes and it also eases of communication across
the internal spaces and levels. This creates an ongoing dialogue also allowing for
effective daylight dispersion throughout the house.
The initial design of the house was considered on a single plot of around 12,000 sq
ft with the brief to maximize the garden area. This was achieved by arranging the
house towards the periphery in an L shape and keeping the rest of the plot vacant.
The adjoining plot was purchased during construction.
Above: Entrance Porch

Top: Entrance Foyer

Above: Entrance foyer looking into the living room
Above: Private living area on ground floor
Above: Views of the formal living room

Above: Family room
There are five bedrooms, five bathrooms a formal living room, family room, a study,
and a powder room. The formal living room gets a panoramic view of the garden.
It juts into a vacant space on one side thus forming a virtual courtyard enclosed
on three sides. The central courtyard opens out onto a large garden space subtly
making the house a part of it.
Above: Views of the courtyard overlooking the lawn

Above: Kitchen Island

Above: Views of the bedroom on ground floor

Above: Views of the bathroom attached to ground floor bedroom

The staircase is designed as a sculptural element composed of staggered alternate

blocks of statuario marble and wood. A slit of skylight that allows daylight to filter
through the entire staircase space. Installation of custom fabricated in lights in
aluminum adorns the ceiling above.
Above: View from the frist floor corridor
The spatial arrangement respects the privacy of the rooms. The extensions of
the rooms comes in form of the attached outdoor spaces like terraces, decks and
balconies. This also encourages the connection with nature. Additionally, the South
facade has minimum fenestrations to minimize heat gain.
Above: Master bedroom lounge on first floor
The bedrooms are crafted to give a luxury experience to the user. This is made
possible by integrating elegant ensuites and closet areas. These seamlessly merge
into each other but can be visually partitioned when required. Every bathroom also
has a naturally lit, green landscaped space providing a visual relief and a feeling of
well-being every time one enters. A conscious attempt is made to avoid creating
dead spaces that do not contribute to the overall feel and flow.
Above: Views of the Master bedroom bathroom

Above: Views of the bedroom 3, bathroom and basin detail

Above: Views of the bedroom 4

Above: Views of the bathroom of bedroom 4

Above: Views of the study

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Above: Vestibule leading to study
The interior spaces are bathed in luxury. The concept of interiors is influenced by
modern planning principles of continuity throughout the house in the form of a
homogeneous material palette of grey and brown. The striking grey marble, paired
with bog oak veneer is enhanced by accents of wallpaper, feature marbles, bespoke
installations to add character to individual areas. Spaces flow into each other and
walls dissolve into screens or glazed partitions that allow interaction between
spaces as well as with the user.
W.C.
waterbody STORE
ROOM
900MM
WIDE
utility ELEC.
PLANTER
fire place dn PANEL
CLOSET
SHOWER TOILET
DECK SERVANT
MANDIR
ROOM
water body powder

toilet
KITCHEN TOILET
DECK
BEDROOM 2
FAMILY ROOM
DINING
DECK
UP
lawn
DECK
SHOWER
PARTY LAWN CLOSET
TOILET
W.C.
FORMAL
LIVING BEDROOM 1
FOYER
ENTRANCE parking parking

UP
Site Plan
N
SITE LAYOUT
W.C.
waterbody STORE
ROOM
utility ELEC.
PANEL
CLOSET
SHOWER TOILET
DECK SERVANT
MANDIR
ROOM
powder
toilet
KITCHEN TOILET
BEDROOM 2
FAMILY ROOM
DINING
DECK
UP
lawn
DECK
SHOWER
CLOSET
TOILET
W.C.
FORMAL
LIVING BEDROOM 1
FOYER
ENTRANCE parking parking

UP
Ground Floor Plan

SHOWER
TERRACE COURT
CLOSET
W.C.
BEDROOM 3
BEDROOM 4 STUDY
ROOM
SHOWER
TERRACE
CLOSET
W.C.
TERRACE
UP
DN
SHOWER
CLOSET
W.C.
MASTER
TERRACE BEDROOM
First Floor Plan

TERRACE FLOOR LVL

+ 8.50M LVL
FIRST FLOOR LVL

+ 4.70M LVL
GROUND FLOOR LVL

+ 0.90M LVL
+ 0.00M LVL
east side elevation
TERRACE FLOOR LVL

+ 8.50M LVL
FIRST FLOOR LVL

+ 4.70M LVL
GROUND FLOOR LVL

+ 0.90M LVL
+ 0.00M LVL
north side elevation
TERRACE FLOOR LVL

+ 8.50M LVL
FIRST FLOOR LVL

+ 4.70M LVL
GROUND FLOOR LVL

+ 0.90M LVL
+ 0.00M LVL
south side elevation
TERRACE FLOOR LVL

+ 8.50M LVL
FIRST FLOOR LVL

+ 4.70M LVL
GROUND FLOOR LVL

+ 0.90M LVL
+ 0.00M LVL
west side elevation

TOILET DETAILS - SAURIN'S ROOM

SON'S TOILET DETAILS

x
front elevation 'b' side elevation 'a'
UP
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
27 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
DNb
a a
key plan
STAIRCASE DETAILS
proposed interior layout of bungalow for PROJECT: Mr.Patel
DATE: 29.04.2014
mr.patel at ahmedabad
102,1ST FLOOR,MAHIM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,OFF MORI ROAD,NEAR KHILNANI SCHOOL,MAHIM(W),MUMBAI-400 016
TEL: +91 22 24444300 TELEFAX: +91 22 24444306 spacedynamix@gmail.com
SCALE: N.T.S. TITLE: STAIRCASE DETAILS
Staircase Details
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elevation b elevation c
elevation a elevation d elevation e
DETAIL X
e d c
table base
dimension
plan STUDY TABLE DETAIL
Study Table Details

PRODUCT & MATERIAL APPLICATIONS

Windows: Shailja Aluminium Stone: Coffee Brown, Steel Grey Riverwash
Tiles / Furniture / Carpet / Rugs: Various Finish
from Turquoise Security: Yale
Lighting: Maroo Lights Air Conditioning: Mitsubishi
Colour: Asian Paints Home Automation: Berker
Sanitaryware: Duravit from Turquoise Marble: Astramoz, Matrix, Monte Pulciano,
Bath Fittings: Grohe from FCML Bronze Statuario from Classic Marble
Furnishing: Various from Bharat Company
Furnishings
Wallpaper: Khroma, Tapetex, Innovations KEY CONTRIBUTORS
from Magnus Corp Structural: Dipesh Mewada
Hardware: Hafele, Dorma Landscape: Space Dynamix
Kitchen Sink: Nirali
Ply / Laminates: Greenlam PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
Veneer: From Space One Radhika Pandit
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URBAN HOUSE

Plot Area: 25,100 sq ft

SPACE DYNAMIX, MUMBAI

The traditional concept of Indian Haveli represents royalty, cultural,

values, and beliefs. Thoughtful space planning, placement of

openings like windows and jharokhas, give individual spaces and

the overall structure, more meaning. Set in Ahmedabad city, this

residence speaks a fluent urban design language yet it’s design

foundation is inspired from the concept of the havelis.

Above: Entrance Porch

Top: Entrance Foyer

Above: Private living area on ground floor

Above: Views of the formal living room

Above: Family room

Above: Views of the courtyard overlooking the lawn

Above: Kitchen Island

Above: Views of the bedroom on ground floor

Above: Views of the bathroom attached to ground floor bedroom

The staircase is designed as a sculptural element composed of staggered alternate

Above: View from the frist floor corridor

Above: Master bedroom lounge on first floor

Above: Views of the Master bedroom bathroom

Above: Views of the bedroom 3, bathroom and basin detail

Above: Views of the bedroom 4

Above: Views of the bathroom of bedroom 4

Above: Views of the study

Above: Vestibule leading to study

water body powder

ENTRANCE parking parking

ENTRANCE parking parking

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

TERRACE FLOOR LVL

FIRST FLOOR LVL

GROUND FLOOR LVL

east side elevation

TERRACE FLOOR LVL

FIRST FLOOR LVL

GROUND FLOOR LVL

TERRACE FLOOR LVL

FIRST FLOOR LVL

GROUND FLOOR LVL

south side elevation

TERRACE FLOOR LVL

FIRST FLOOR LVL

GROUND FLOOR LVL

west side elevation

TOILET DETAILS - SAURIN'S ROOM

SON'S TOILET DETAILS

proposed interior layout of bungalow for PROJECT: Mr.Patel

SCALE: N.T.S. TITLE: STAIRCASE DETAILS

elevation a elevation d elevation e

plan STUDY TABLE DETAIL

Study Table Details

PRODUCT & MATERIAL APPLICATIONS

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