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Rahul Gore & Sonal Sancheti Unfolding Spatiality (Vasco, Goa)
The house is set in Vasco city and it is quite unlike the Goa one relates to. The young couple wanted to use the residence to enhance their brand value and their lifestyle with their highly refined international tastes. They also wanted to use the residential premises to be a backdrop of their art collection. The intent was to bring the aesthetics and services of superior generosity to the residential level and create an ambiance of awe-inspiring warmth and affluent space around. The house uses the open courtyard typology as opposed to the enclosed courtyard type to connect inside and outside spaces and is clearly organized into two bays- the public and the private. These are separated by courts that are open and not enclosed lending a spatial transparency to the place. The spaces unfold gradually as layers as there are several courts that connect all the built enclosed spaces. The massing of the main wing is such that it has slid horizontally in two directions to create spaces as a result of this tectonic shift. Top: Approach to the house Right: View from court Far Right: Entrance
FIRM NAME _OPOLIS Architects PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS Rahul Gore Sonal Sancheti EDUCATION/AFFILIATION M.Arch UCLA/ Sci-Arc, Los Angeles
PRODUCTS/VENDORS Paint: Asian Paints Sanitaryware: Duravit, Kohler, Axor CP Fittings: Hansgrohe Furniture: Sourced from China Furnishing: Tulips, Shangar Flooring: Bhikshu, Arihant, Greenlam Electrical: Blue Rays, Toyoma Kitchen: Faber, Carysil Air Conditioning: Daikin
BUILT UP AREA 8000 sq.ft. CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS TEAM SIZE 12 people CONTACT 201, Sebastian Classic, Sunder Nagar Lane #3, Kalina, Mumbai 400098, INDIA T +91 022 26652128 E info@opolis.in W www.opolis.in
Consultants: Vijay Patil Civil: Pradip Pawar Landscape: Ferntanstica Electrical: Dipti Electricals
balanced The Public “wing” consists of the entrance, the living, the meditation, the dining, kitchen and services. This public wing itself is separated into three clear zones, of which two are pavilions - lending ample daylight into the space through clerestory windows. These pavilions relate to each other through axial relationships and have cross axis that connect them to the other zones of the house. The private “wing” is in two levels, where the upper level is completely private with the master bedroom and two children rooms, while the lower level has the guest room, study and the entertainment room - a large space that connects to the landscape around and also to the living room across the linear court. A large cantilever creates an outdoor room as an extension to this entertainment space and is a characteristic of the house as it is clearly visible on the approach to the house.
Top Left: Connecting the inside and outside Top Centre: Master bathroom Top Right: Screen of vertical louvers Bottom Left: Night view
“The approach to the house encircles the house and gives glimpses through earth mounds of the nature of open spaces that lie between the buildings.”
Top Left: Natural light filtering into spaces adding volume Top Right: Laterite in the living room Bottom Left: Living area and courtyards beyond Bottom Right: Dining area
elevated living
The entrance canopy, a stunning triangular shaped cantilever with beveled edges welcomes one. The use of vertical wooden fins to enclose space in the passages is the crucial element of the project. The pavilions are connected by movement spines that intersect and go beyond. The meditation space is set within a water body of lotus ponds and has low windows that extend space beyond when one is sitting down to meditate. This interior space is blanked off by external walls making external/ internal courts that extend the space. The meditation space is set within a water body of lotus ponds and has low windows that extend space beyond when one is sitting down to meditate. This interior space is blanked off by external walls making external/ internal courts that extend the space. The flooring throughout the house is a seamless concrete floor that links spaces and aids in spatial continuity of the spaces. The entrance driveway uses a porous pervious paver to keep hard paved areas to the minimum.
Left: Exterior view Right: Blurring boundaries
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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FLOOR PLAN 1. ENTRY
13. STUDY
2. FORMAL LIVING ROOM
14. LOUNGE
3. MEDITATION
15. ENTERTAINMENT ROOM
4. DINING
16. ELECTRICAL ROOM
5. MAIN KITCHEN
17. PUMP ROOM
6. STORE ROOM
18. FAMILY ROOM
7. SERVICE COURT
19. MASTER BEDROOM
8. LAUNDRY
20. COURT
9. PANTRY
21. TOILET
10. DINING COURTYARD
22+23. CHILDREN’S BEDROOMS
11. GUEST ROOM
24. LAWN
12. TOILET
25. SCULPTURE COURTYARD
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the challenges The entrance canopy, a stunning triangular shaped cantilever with beveled edges welcomes one. The use of vertical wooden fins to enclose space in the passages is the crucial element of the project. The pavilions are connected by movement spines that intersect and go beyond.
the influences The young couple's passion for art inspired us to take a leap in design and whole architecture. Every element is distinct from one another, every element is unique in itself.
TEXT CREDITS Rahul Gore Sonal Sancheti
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS Ariel Huber
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