Constructed
in 06-07, the residence for Mr. B.D.Patel, in a 330 Sq. Mt. Plot at Sector 8, Gandhinagar,
was mainly derived from the existing lifestyle of the clients and leaning
towards the more elaborate articulation. It was also stipulated that the house
be designed to be Vaastu compliant.
The plan
was designed to be clean and straight lines as recommended by the principles of
Vaastu and all the articulation was applied in the three dimensional form. One
of the prime reasoning deployed was to have a central emulated courtyard for
creating a wind tunnel and channeling the hot air out of the habitat. Since the
clients' lifestyle implied recurrent social activities and large gatherings,
the formal living, dining and informal living spaces were designed as open
spaces, albeit, with the informal space on the first floor and a fluid curved
roof uniting the spaces affording
possibility of visual/aural contact yet offering enough privacy of a
hierarchical nature. The fluidity of the roof was the spring point of the
aesthetic language and the overall treatment was determined to be a derivative
of late Art Nouveau style of early 20th century.