Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects

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Ernakulam, India
  • Architects: Silpi Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  372
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Justin Sebastian
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Asian Paints, Lafit, Reginox, Simpolo
Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography, Living Room
© Justin Sebastian

Text description provided by the architects. The siteis located on a rapidly urbanizing roadside in Edappally, the client put forward a brief where the site is used to its full potential inculcating a commercial space to generate revenue from an otherwise residential plot.The possibility of the sloping terrain has been taken into use creating a subterranean warehouse by excavating the plot.The detached car porch allows for a direct axis through the north-south axis connecting the front and rear yards.

Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography, Living Room, Sofa, Windows, Table
© Justin Sebastian
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Plan - Ground floor
Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography, Living Room, Chair
© Justin Sebastian
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Plan - 1st floor
Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography, Windows
© Justin Sebastian

The basic zoning segregates the private and public zones to the west and east respectively unified by a voluminous dining hall and courtyard. An overhead passage implicitly acts as a visual barrier to these integrating spaces. The skeletal stairway talks of movement, an unreserved expression of sleek materiality.The transition from a bottleneck volume to a large space with green buffers engages the house with the natural environment. An interior wall undulates itself to the very exterior wall, maintaining a dialog from inside to outside. The inadequacy of free ground space has been sufficed on the terrace, creating a shaded garden.

Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography
© Justin Sebastian

Site Development - The landscape has been pulled in towards the core of the house. The sidewalls curve and stretch out for a seamless merge.The semi-public areas are aligned along the cardinal ax providing ample circulation. The landscape takes its place in between these spaces. The semi-public spaces of the first floor align to the same axes. The double-height spaces increase the perception of volume and connect the two levels for the users. The terrace floor has been utilized by taking the landscape to the top. It is a space for recreation and reflection.

Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Interior Photography, Living Room, Table, Lighting, Windows
© Justin Sebastian
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Form Development - The site is situated towards the west of a commercial plot owned by the client. In order to make complete use of the site, the ground is scooped off, creating a warehouse space that is accessible from the commercial plot. The parallel massing of private and public spaces paves way for a central green corridor. The two blocks are connected only by a passage on the first floor. Further, a wall proceeds to the wall of the compound, acting as a tool merging the landscape with architecture.

Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects - Exterior Photography
© Justin Sebastian

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Cite: "Anvar Residence / Silpi Architects" 19 Feb 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/977076/anvar-residence-silpi-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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