Introducing The Monolithic House

The site is on the outskirts of Ahmedabad with farm lands around. The brief given by the owner was to design a house that would have open spaces within and a greener patch on the outside. The proposed design is a central courtyard house with spaces around it and interspersed by open to sky spaces to connect the central court to the peripheral open spaces. The central court is the soul of the house having a sitting deck and bit of plantations surrounded by loose brown mandana kapci. The court has remote operated fabricated roof which is mostly kept open during the day for natural light and ventilation.

One enters through arrival court into a vestibule which is fused with passage to lead to other spaces. On the left of vestibule is the pooja space that open into the east garden, while adjoining this space is the drawing area and living area. Both these space open into a verandah which connects to the east garden. To the right of vestibule one can go to the kitchen in south east part, adjoining it on west is the dining which open into a small outdoor space. The stair to the first floor sits adjoining the dining space while the south wing holds the grand parents bedroom on south west and parents room on south east which over looks the east garden.

The upper floor houses bedroom for the 2 son’s bedroom which spill into terrace and overlooking the east garden. Further it has 1 guestbedroom and 1 kids room. All tied through a semi open passage over looking the central courtyard.
The house has a monolithic feel, with concrete structure and cement finished walls and kotah stone flooring. Wood complements the concrete through wood ceiling, wall paneling and reclaimed wood door windows.

Project Name – The monolithic house
Architects – Modo Designs (design team – Arpan Shah, Ahana shah)
Project Location – Racharda, outskirts of Ahmedabad
Year of Completion – 2023
Built up Area – 1225 sq yds (11025 sq ft)

Consultants

– interior designer – Studio Pvdrs
– landscape designer – Dragonflyfarm
– structural consultant – 912 consultants
– Mep consultants – Jhaveri associates