GARDEN HOUSE

Hiren Patel Architects

VILLA BUNGLOW GARDEN CASE-STUDY

INTRODUCTION:-

Address :- Ahmedabad, India

Architects :- Hiren Patel Architects
Area :-  50313 sq. ft.
Year :-  2012
SITE DIVISION
FORM DEVLOPMENT
DESIGN:-
• They tried to make a contemporary house with clear
forms and projected roofs to give coverings to large
glass openings.
• The plan followed with public space and private space
as 2 separate areas and both got connected via glass
bridge.
• Idea at this house to create different clusters for garden
to enjoy from every corner of the house including
bathrooms and kitchen.
 PLANS:-
• They provided outdoor living by creating large verandas next to family and dining areas. These areas are used the most so family
tend to use the veranda spaces as well.
• So the exterior is a combination of box forms with overhanging wood finish flat roof stone cladded walls and large glasses. The
entire house is a stone cladding with local sand stone.
• In front of the ficus trees, a gorgeous metal sculpture of “Airavat”. Airavat is an auspicious white 3 head elephant
coming from clouds brings positivity to the place.

• After one pass by cluster of date palms.  One enters in double height veranda with mosaic Mable chip cladded walls,
then reaches to the main door.

• The 2 Neem trees are further enriched by plating date palms and many different plants to create a forest look.

• On right side cluster of dripping Ficus are planted. This artistic trees will eventually grow bigger than date palms.  
FOYER :
• As the main door opens one see the water stream
garden of the house. This completely acts as a
surprise element.

• Foyer is like a large lobby having large glass wall to

capture the green surrounding. As you turn right
to head to formal living room one pass by the Puja
room and adjoining large collage work of
Anushree inspired from mountains and temple
complex of Palitana.

• The south side of living room makes a courtyard

by mosaic walls of entry is thickly planted by date
and Phoenix palms. This covers the south glass by
its greenery.

• The north and east glass has view to the formal

lawn of the house.
DINING ROOM:

• The dining veranda opens out to the main lawn of the house which is on northern side. This veranda has wooden
dining table and cloister of relax sofa.
KITCHEN:

• This thought brought us an idea of island kitchen and keep the outer wall completely free from utility platform and then convert
this wall to a glass wall.
GLASS BRIDGE:

• The rest of the house and private spaces are connected through the glass bridge. We wanted to make this passage to enjoy the
outer garden . We have kept a mirror tile on outer ceiling of the bridge to get reflections of greenery.
GOPIN
SURAT,INDIA
 PRIVATE SPACE

SEMI PRIVATE SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE
DESIGN
• The climate is hot and humid in monsoon otherwise dry and hot in summer season. The point of horizon is the amalgamation of the water and land
where the soul of the property rests. Capturing the mood of countryside villages of India, and Inspired from its’ organic way of planning, we chose the
design path of organic layout based on grid pattern.

• Landscape is a major element of design; and hence we perceived the Indian village home bounded by landscape. (Landscape is a missing part for
traditional Indian villages.)
LANDSCAPE
• Taking the view in consideration the gazebo offers its users with an area for
pure introspection. The large spaces left between the masses function as
the main space for recreation and strategically placed green spaces
become the path of the seasonal winds Keeping a complete faith on
regional material palate of the village house we pursued with the same; a
country tile roof, plaster and painted brick walls. We specifically avoided
exposed rcc walls and singles tile roof even when it was there in mind
during the designing process..
THE ENGINEER'S HOUSE

Mr Janak Mistry
Client:
Site Location: E3 Block, Vesu, Surat - 394518
Construction Area: 7500 sq. ft / 697 sq. m (carpet area)
Plot Area: 1312 sq. m
Cost of Project: Confidential
Year of Completion: 2017
Services: Architecture, Interior Design, MEP
Integration, Landscape , Artworks
 THE SITE
The 1400 square meter piece of land, is a part of a gated residential society at suburban Surat,
developed by fourteen acquaintances and friends. Its a corner plot, located right across the common
garden space of the society, with roads on the South and the East.
• Spatially, the four bed room villa, is organized around two open spaces - the public lawns and the private courtyard.
• The public block consists a singular glass box housing the living room, dining area, the kitchen and the elevator
transporting one to the first floor family room.
• It is flanked by a long veranda spaces on both the sides, for allowing circulation and climatic comfort.
• A slightly inclined copper box floats over the dining area, which houses the family room.
• Beyond the public block, one climbs few steps to get into the private realm, which has the four bedrooms built
around a courtyard.
• The Puja space is the culmination of the circulation tunnel which runs along the public block and then through the
private zone.

Private space

Public space

7
9

8 6
10
1. Living room
2. Dining 5
3. Kitchen 4
4. Store
5. Utility
6. Parents bedroom 3
7. Master bedroom 2
11
8. Son’s bedroom
9. Daughter’s bedroom
10.Family court
11.South lawn 1
12.Visitor’s parking

12
GROUND FLOOR
13

14

15

13.Parking
14.Utility
15.Multipurpose
room

LOWER GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

 MATERIAL PALLET

EXPOSED
CONCRETE KOTA STONE KOTA STONE ALUMINIUM
BRICKWORK

• In terms of materiality, the house is made in a palette which proudly showcase the structural materials in their natural state.
• The paint free shell of the house is constructed in form finished concrete.
• The interesting texture has been achieved through creating fiber moulds out of crumpled aluminum foils, and creates equally
beautiful drama in the day and night, responding to the light falling on to it from different directions.
• The floor is a combination of large sized polished and leather finished Kotah Stone.
• Natural polished teak wood has been used freely in the house for fixed furniture, storages, and partitions and wall paneling.
• Copper sheets have been used to define the axial movement tunnel and the floating family room.
• Bright colored compact laminate sheet used in some doors to add sharp accents in an otherwise a monotone grey-silver house.
THE LOUVERED FAÇADE ENTRENCE DAUTER’S ROOM BALCONY
ALUMINIUM KOTA STONE CONCRETE
• To respond the Hot and Humid climate, the North and South of each space including the four
bedrooms are indigenously designed with operable louver’s system with an open-able layer of glass,
from wall to wall.
• This allows a wonderful connection with the landscape, and an incessant draft of breeze flowing
across the rooms.
• These louvers control amount of light, wind, rain, and dust entering the space; and also keeping the
burglars out all the time.
• The entire louver frames get manually lifted to become pergola.
• Very interesting user-friendly mechanisms for lifting and locking the louvers have been engineered
using number of gears and levers.
THE LOUVERS
THE LEDDER
SON’S STUDY TABLE
 THE MAHARAJA FAN
• As you enter any bedroom, you will be surprised
to see large piece of leather hanging vertically
right over the bed with a complex looking metal
assembly fixed to it.
• This is a modern version of the Maharaja fan
traditionally found in the good old days when
there was no electricity and the ceiling fans that
we see today.
• The spinoff is that the assembly helps you
control the speed of the oscillations of the
leather plane, thereby controlling the amount of
breeze the user needs in the room
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