02\ Padna House

The house has been designed keeping in mind the family requirements , cultural and environmental factors like light ventilation as well as maintaining visual and emotional connectivity with the ancestral house. Located on the ground floor are essentially the social programs - living room, kitchen and dining room - surrounded by tropical landscapes. Perimeter verandas bring ventilation and shading necessary for the hottest days.

The biggest challenge while designing the house was to arrive at a visually appealing piece of architecture from a rigid program and site [36ft x 40ft] that dictated the specific locations of various spaces. Our approach was to respond to the architectural science, extract its essence yet arrive at a fresh and innovative interpretation of the same.

The site is suggestive of the square form that maximizes the beautiful views of the undulating hills beyond. The structure covers 35sq.ft of area. Long-term and sustainable are key qualities that owner housing cooperatives aim for. The downstairs of each duplex unit has a kitchen with a dining area and living area. One bathroom is located next to the main door. Designing functional areas into niches – such as the store placed below the staircase. The bedroom and the study/children area is located in the first floor of the house.

The size of the units varies between 35 and 45 sq.ft. The downstairs of each unit has a bathroom, kitchen with a dining area and the living room which looks outside through a big window. The bedroom is tucked in on the first floor, together with the bathroom and kid’s play area. One kids bed area is located above the bathroom on the first floor. The skylight illuminates the kid’s area and the first floor of the unit.

Wardrobe Toilet Staircase

Bedroom Kids play area HVAC room

The QB’s are cabins of different combination of sizes which varies from 25sq.ft to 45sq.ft of area. The cabins will be cladded from outside to in blackened, locally sourced wood, each featuring a kitchenette, bathroom, bedroom, and utility and storage rooms finished in plywood. Each cabin will be unique in its energy usage so depending on the client. The roof is protected by corrosion-resistant aluminium exterior cladding.

The Hem Sky residential building proposes a sustainable way for housing development in the suburban area of Duliajan. The structure encapsulates two blocks with different typologies: 2bhks, 3bhks, 4bhks and ammenities floor with a cafeteria on the first floor and a greenhouse rooftop garden. The design decisions allow for “new urbanites to find housing” while maintaining some of the neighbourhood character that had been erased by “predatory development.”

Collaborator Location Vertigo Design, India Duliajan, Assam, India

Block A & B Typical Floor Plan

Total no. of flats: 63 nos.

Block B : 2BHK 24nos. 3BHK 18nos.

Block A : 3BHK 14nos. 4BHK 07nos.

Logo Design for various organisations.

Matters Of Urban Design Student Association