Residential

Split Open Villa

Description - Residential
Status – On Going
Area – 1500 sqft
Scope –Architecture + Interior
Location – Karjat, Maharashtra

A building is not just a manifold of apartments, but an arena of social buildup and a sense of community. Grace Two is one such residential project located in the suburbs of Bhubaneshwar, hidden away from the hustling roads. With the fundamental concept to connect nature with architecture and abide by the principles of vaastu, this project encourages community living amongst an amalgamation of landscape and residential towers.

Driven by the idea to create a buffer between the city hubbub and your home, the lengthy entrance driveway is laden with an avenue of trees and sculptures leading up to the buildings. The site is laid out to orient the two residential towers on the sides of a central landscaped podium that houses two single storey closed structures and one semi-open space. The monotony of linear architecture is broken by inverted angular roofs for these edificies that open to each tower on both sides. A club house, swimming pool, multi-functional lawn and a havan kund graces these structures in the central portion. The traffic-movement along the site is kept at the parking level to maintain a seamless pedestrian friendly podium with all the activities mounted on it for the users.

The ground floor harbors the living area encased by a bedroom on each end of the prolonged rectangular block. The other volume is divided in two parts by the courtyard, housing the kitchen and dining room on one side and a study area on the other. All the living spaces are arranged around and open into the courtyard. Sliding doors separating the interior spaces from the courtyard, when opened transforms the entire area into one large usable space.