Our client lives in the capital city, Dhaka. In his busy schedule, to relax and fraternize with his relatives, he makes time to visit with his family to his native village Raichota, 25 kilometers from Chottogram . The Bay of Bengal is about 2.5 kilometers away from the site, which gives an added advantage for vacation. He is quite a popular and respectable person in the region because of his amiable behavior, social activities and support to the locals.
To spend his leisure with more comfort and luxury, he decided to build a vacation house just opposite to his old home and developed a new land with a pond, for privacy & good security measures surrounded it with boundary walls. Basic program was very minimum- living, dining, four beds and a meeting room.
After visiting the site and considering client's requirements the sites is designed with two blocks, a semi public zone consisting the pond with two ghats for bathing and out-door meeting and a private zone consisting the main building with lush lawn and a water body. For walking a walkway is designed around the pond and for swimming, fishing the pond itself is a great feature.
In the main complex the building is placed at north-south orientation to get maximum benefits of natural light and cross ventilation. An outdoor staircase is designed at west which connects each floor and the meeting room at roof. It also acts as a barrier to protect indoor from the hottest hours of the day. At lower level living, dining with a double height volume, family living at upper floor all together create fluidity of the space and enhance the indoor-outdoor relations. All viewpoints to the exterior terminate upon the lush landscaping and amazing surroundings of the site.
The upper floor is connected with an internal stair alongside the double height wall. Visual interactions between two levels are created through the double height space. Family living is extended with a balcony, down to green verandah looking upon the surroundings. The upper floor consists of three bedrooms with attached washrooms and verandahs, allowed maximize natural light and cross ventilation and an amazing view of the surroundings. Interior architecture is kept to minimum and simple for this project. A small meeting room with an open terrace is designed at roof. Rest of the roof is kept open with seating facility and gardening. Pergolas above roof minimize heat; create beautiful texture of light and shadow.
Excluding internal landscaping, almost 200 areca palms are planted beside the access road which reflects a social responsibility and enhance the beauty of the area.
Being located close to the sea, salinity is highly considered during construction period and materials selection. Different shades on exterior facades according to light mode, water body, pond, thoughtfully placed seating walls, lush lawn, ghats invite to spend more time at outdoor. Reflection of the building on the pond as like a relationship between a body and soul, gives an immense pleasure and beauty.
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