OUT of Box/ Белый куб в Индии

Cadence / Vikram rajashekar, Narendra Pirgal, Smaran Mallesh

Location Bangalore, lndiaFunction ResidentialSite агеа 112m²Bldg. агеа 214m² Stories 3FLClient Мг. PhalgunStructural engineer Мг. Мапjцnаth

Consцuclional engineer Мг. Narasimha.B.S

Photographer Clare Arni

The 111.5e corner site presented us with the classic urban scenario. The site was abutted by houses on two sides and flanked by low income housing on the other two sides. The question thus posed to us was, ‘What would be the relationship of the dwelling to the outside?’ The stand taken by us was to incorporate the ‘outside’ inside while the building shuns the surroundings. A classic diagram of this would be the traditiord courtyard house. Taking this classic diagram we moved the court to the corner to create new spatial and formal effects. By moving the court to the fourth quadrant of the square we could magnify the boundariesc each program flanking the court i.e. the living room, the dining and the bedrooms would not only feel much bigger but also would have sectional relationship with the open to sky court. The court is further articulated by placing a sculptural element that would serve as an informal dining area as well as a tub for housing tree. The jali wall cast in-situ completes the fourth corner to accentuate the experience of the court.This idea of the elevation was to have a customized jali of wall with a pattern of openings which fade ma to form the platonic cube. A fiber glass mould of size 2’x2’was made to cast the concrete tiles; the thicknes of this tile was 100m. The mould had a set of 4 oval openings, these openings were then filled up accord.’ to the pattern to achieve the desired variation. The tiles were stacked up like a conventional brick wallte construct the wall. These tiles were reinforced with metal flats to ensure stability.Индийские архитекторы из Cadence проявили чудеса архитектурной эквилибристики, разместив на миниучастке площадью чуть больше сотки просторный дом с гаражом, двумя кухнями, двумя общими комнатами, тремя спальнями и двусветным зелёным двориком.Плотная окружающая застройка вынудила минимизировать количество оконных проёмов – свет попадает в дом через верхнее окно и декоративную бетонную решётку.