With
a passion for life and the need to create a home for their young family, the
homeowners approached the architectural firm of Lalith and Jyothi Architects. Villa
18 is situated in a gated community in Hyderabad, India. The home was built for
a family who moved back to India after spending nearly 15 years in the US. The
journey of building Villa 18 became the homecoming the family needed when they
moved back.
The one defining aspect of Villa 18 is the homeowners' passion for life, which is complete with families, friends and
togetherness. Villa 18 had to translate into spaces that had the generosity to
foster these sides. The experience of spaces is accentuated by the level of
detail, right from the entrance and throughout the rest of the house. It would
be hard to capture the myriad details that went into making the spaces, but the
sum total experience is intense.
The experience of the spaces in Villa 18 goes beyond - beyond
rationale, logic and analysis. It comes from BEING – being one with oneself and
one with what the space needs. A being that comes from a mystic creative process that explores the deeper
connections around us and translates that interpretation into an experience
that caters to all the senses. Imagine a home that captures the essence of
smelling the rain, feeling the textures on surfaces, listening to the birds
chirping and sometimes even tasting the monsoon air. Villa 18 evokes the senses
in more ways than one. The experience of sipping coffee under the pergola smelling
the frangipani flowers with the dappled light of the morning sun streaming
through the leaves of the bamboo. The brilliant orange flower creeper against
the Pergola’s dark country wood is nestled by the verdant palm fronds. That is
the quintessence of Villa 18.
Villa 18 is a celebration of life and re-connects the family with
all the truly special people in their lives. It brings them back home after a
long journey of living and working abroad. The journey’s deeper meaning apparent during
the collaboration with an architect who truly understands the role architecture
plays in people’s lives. It truly is a homecoming.