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Chaware & Associates
It was founded by Ar. Bhalchandra L. Chaware in the year 1984. The firm is driven by the pursuit of excellence. Chaware & Associates takes all care to meet clients satisfaction through its architectural endeavor by correctly analyzing transforming the studies into architecture so as to produce better of the architecture.
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"We believe that our surroundings directly influence the quality of social life we are experiencing, whether in the work place, at home or the public spaces in between.
Project details
- Type: Residence
- Location: Nashik, Maharashtra
- Site Area: 6450 sq. ft.
- Built up Area: 10,500 sq. ft.
- Cost : 3500-4500 per sq. ft.
- Timeline: January'15- 0ctober'17
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Client's Brief
The brief was to design a house of family of 3 brothers, their elder mother & six young children and to start from the amalgamation of individual plots to create an opportunity for one large house.
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Architect's Intake
Appreciation of a space or of an object has always been there in its part; however the perception of both happens holistically. Associatively is generally, a sectoral and experience is always all encompassing. This formed the basis of design approach for collage house.
Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
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Sections
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The cascading sectoral lines ensure hierarchical common spaces inside the house & on the other side of the atrium, modularly stacked bedrooms creates more intimate zones.
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The design strategy offered either sides separating public & private interface where main entrance of the house is elevated with a delicate spiral staircase & a welcoming huge cantilevered canopy meaning a majestic sense of arrival, the comparatively modest entrance to office & servant from other road allows good segregation of public & private.
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On arriving at the lounge, carefully calibrated interplay of compressed volumes & exploded double height atrium keep the experience constantly vibrant.
The diverse preferences of 14 people from 20 to 70 age group demanded a very diverse spatial preferences & aesthetics, however being a family; it also needed a comprehensive identity, a thread that binds the family together.
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The central atrium exactly does that while protecting their individual identity in their private/ intimate spaces (bedrooms), it embraces everybody in the central open spaces, also referred as 'Brahma Sthan' in traditional Indian architecture.
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The large openings protected by elaborate cantilevers & beautiful stroke of light through roof ensure that there are enough tranquil spaces in the house but not a single dull one.
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The sweeping flight of staircase in the 12m height atrium makes the core of the house visually & physically permeable. Each space connects to the sky through large openings , the sky light & cascading water soothes the space acoustically.
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There are spaces for organized formal family interactions. There is a spatial hierarchy from slightly compressed volumes to exploded triple height atrium to double highs overlooking family spaces.
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There are 12 bedrooms, each tastefully designed to the specific preferences of the occupant, whether a teenager or an adult or a 70 year old grandmother of the family.
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A collage of aspiration, a collage of memories, a collage of stories, a collage of opinions, a collage of idiosyncratic choices, a collage of dreams & collage of past & collage of today. The Raut Residence is a truly a " Whole" which is greater than sum of its parts.
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