Barrel-vaulted concrete roofs are supported by thick laterite partitions at The Stoic Wall Residence in Kerala, India, accomplished by native studio Lijo Reny Architects.
Positioned in Kadirur, the home is designed by Lijo Reny Architects to be fashionable but regional, with a format and materials palette that responds to Kerala's tropical local weather.
It’s organized right into a collection of distinct areas alongside a big web site surrounded by timber, following the trail of the solar and separated by small courtyards.
“Within the center [Kerala’s] scorching warmth, incessant monsoon rains and plush vegetation, this home exemplifies the artwork of harmonizing with nature,” defined the studio.
“The design language used at The Stoic Wall Residence is unapologetically fashionable, however the soul of this dwelling stays deeply regional,” he added.
The L-shaped plan of the home is split into 4 areas, beginning with a proper dwelling space coated by a barrel-vaulted roof, alongside an open parking space.
Indoor and outside walkways cross a big courtyard and result in the second space, the place a big lounge, eating room and kitchen have full-height glazing, overlooking the outside areas on either side.
To the north, the third space accommodates three ground-floor bedrooms, every coated by a small barrel-vaulted roof and having glazed ends overlooking the backyard.
This space additionally accommodates a pooja, or prayer room, accessed by a protracted hall connecting every bed room and lit by small, round skylights.
“Every of the first rooms on the bottom ground opens to both landscaped outside areas, interior courtyards open to the sky, or in some circumstances, each,” defined the studio.
“These courtyards function focal factors that join and diffuse the areas, imbuing the home with a deliberate sense of weightlessness whereas participating harmoniously with the pure environment,” he added.
The fourth space is on the higher degree and accommodates a further bed room and residential theater. These are enveloped by a semi-exterior walkway sheltered by a display of fluted terracotta blocks supported by a tubular metallic body.
To unify the inside and exterior, each share comparable materials finishes, with uncovered concrete, laterite stone and paved flooring making a backdrop for easy furnishings and paintings from the consumer's personal assortment.
“These components and extra, collectively, function important anchors, grounding the home firmly in its pure surroundings, evoking a standard palette that harmonizes with the distinctive context of northern Kerala,” defined the studio.
Different Indian homes not too long ago featured on Dezeen embody Hyderabad's Pott Home, which Kiron Cheerla Structure coated with a lantern-like roof, and Kerala's Toy Storey, which Wallmakers constructed with round 6,200 discarded toys.
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