A Folded House That Unfolds To Its Green Surroundings | Dipen Gada and Associates | Ankit Shah Residence

Dipen Gada and Associates designed a beautiful folded house in a prime residential location of Vadodara, Gujarat. “We wanted to create a folded house which unfolds to its surroundings creating nice areas within each fold and that is what we have tried to achieve with these concrete folds,” tells Dipen to SURFACES REPORTER (SR). The house, sited on a plot measuring 24,600 Sq.ft, features large openings that allow the inhabitants of this home to have a direct connection with its natural surroundings. Sited in a north-east direction, the house gets maximum sunlight. The architect has shared more details with us. So, take a pleasant tour of this wonderful home:

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The client wanted to build their dream housekeeping in mind the privacy from the surrounding at the same time associated with the natural environment as much as possible with large openings.

Open Towards the Garden

The plot is about 25,000 Sq.ft and the limitation of the development is that the firm cannot construct the house in South-West due to some technical issues and that is why they had to place the house towards North-East side, in that case, the sunlight from south and West needs to be taken care of precisely at the same time.

The design team needs to keep the house open towards the garden side as much as possible and that is what influences the overall language of the house. “We have tried to create concrete folds which are holding the entrance foyer towards the E side and the living room towards S-W side by keeping a corner view open towards the garden,” said Dipen Gada, Principal Architect, Dipen Gada and Associates.

One more outside court next to the living room is being created towards the garden side between 2 more concrete folds, followed by a family room on the ground floor and home theatre on the first floor within another concrete building keeping in mind that these areas are protected from the harsh sunlight with the help of wooden finish aluminium fins.

Next to it is the placement of the bedroom in a way that these windows in a way give maximum openness and aeration but also protect from the harsh sunlight. On the other side, these concrete folds hold dining and kitchen areas.

List of spaces on Ground floor

The ground floor consisted of an entry foyer with a beautiful connection to the outside zen garden followed by a 16 ft high living room creating a statement for the house.

A long corridor connects to the puja room, dining room, kitchen, utility and guest bedroom on one side and lift, staircase block, family room and master bedroom on the other side.

List of spaces on first floor

On the first floor, there are 3 bedrooms, a home theater and a junk room on both sides of the passage.

Foyer & Entrance

The grand entry has a huge metal canopy which is giving a nice base to the wooden façade within the concrete fold falls into a foyer which is quite open and roomy having a nice outdoor connection giving a pleasant surprise to the visitors.

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Living Room

Living room also holds within the concrete fold where the firm has managed to keep the height about 16 ft with the corner garden view opening having a needful and impactful simple system.

The moment one enters the living room one can see a nice bold but meditating artwork on the veneer wall having in the marble floor and on the veneer panel. 3 crystal hanging lamps enhance the beauty of this cozy corner.

Puja Room

Immediately after the foyer, the firm carved out a small but soulful puja room having a back wall treated with Rajasthani arch creating a simple but soothing backdrop for the idol.

Dining & Kitchen area

A double heightened dining area is well associated with the owner’s kitchen and nice outside court in the E direction associated with the outside small garden creating a cherishable environment all across the day.

kitchen is next to the dining area followed by a Maharaj kitchen and well-equipped utility area.

The main kitchen is open and modular with all amenities.

Family Room

Family room is well placed opposite the dining and kitchen immediately after the staircase and lift block.

It is having a circular sitting for a cozy gathering. This room is having a nice outside deck on both sides which is well converted for heat protection from the hot direction.

Staircase Area

A well-connected staircase and lift block are next to each other. Lift is having a glass back where a series of beautiful arts is being displayed when you travel to the first-floor metal folded staircase with the backdrop of RCC Wall having glass cut-outs creating a sculptrous impact to the overall area.

Master Bedroom

There are 2 master bedrooms in the house, 1 is the parents’ bedroom on the Ground Floor above each other with very minimal and needful furniture by keeping most of the walls empty.

A long customized wooden light is the USP of the room. The firm has tried to avoid the false ceiling by keeping precise electrical points right from the casting of the slab.

The dressing areas and bathroom are very open and airy giving a very energetic feel overall.

Kids Room

They have 2 small kids, a boy and a girl both have their rooms on the First Floor. Here the design team tried to play with colour suitable to both.

Again, very simple and needful layout but a little vibrant which gives an energetic environment to the kids.

Home Theatre

Home theatre is kept on the first floor above the family room which is like a multipurpose area. The partition of the room is created in a way that they can completely shut with the wooden panelled door when used for home theatre purposes and the glass door can be shut when used as a gathering purpose.

Wooden p coated aluminium fins create a mesmerising sciography in the evening, helping create drama but reducing the heat.

Project Details

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