The Remesh Residences

 

Client / Location Remesh T.R. & Family / Kodakara, India

Year / Status 2021 / Unbuilt

Typology 

Residence 1: Renovation

Residence 2: Single Family Villa

Site Area / Built-up Area 

Residence 1: 1835 sq.m. / 81 sq.m.

Residence 2: 357 sq.m./ 165 sq.m.

 

The project, started off as a renovation proposal, developed into two distinctive residential units for the same client. The floor plans are heavily influenced by 'vaasthu' principles as the clients were firm believers. The project was extremely cost and time sensitive and therefore material palette and construction techniques were limited to the local availability of resources and skill. Demolitions and site preparation works were minimised by design to reduce cost. The aesthetics are kept simple and minimal but distinctive from the surrounding houses.

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The renovated residence is added with a new, separate block containing the master bedroom, a study area, a large kitchen & work-area and an open car porch with attached verandah in the ground floor, while the first floor is mostly kept as it is.

 

A courtyard is added between the old and new blocks to let in sufficient light and ventilation. Internal walls of the existing ground floor are demolished to reduce congestion and an open plan layout is kept for the common spaces. The main entry to the house is shifted from west to north to generate more usable front yard space.

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The dotted red square in the image (The Renovated Residence) marks the outline of the existing building.

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The second residence consists of a double storied, three bedrooms and three bathrooms layout with two of the bedrooms occupying the ground floor. The ground floor has a formal living room, dining & kitchen spaces and a 'puja' room in addition while the first floor adds a family living cum leisure room. The roof surfaces are derived from cutting a pyramid along the edges of the plan, forming three distinct slopes above different rooms. The resultant masses form triangulated towers in elevation which are then readjusted in heights to achieve a dynamic form.