#7, Southlands, Mumbai Retrofitting an Art-Deco Apartment, Indian Interior Architecture, Images
Retrofitting an Art-Deco Apartment in Mumbai
22 Jan 2020
#7, Southlands
Design: SquareWorks
Location: Mumbai, India

Southlands is an integrative endeavor aiming to rejuvenate an old 1930 Art-Deco Apartment in Mumbai, to accommodate the postulated requirements of a modern-day multiuser collective. The project intends to celebrate the inherent quintessence of a sangfroid ?Bombay-ish? precedent with distinct incorporation of consciously designed alterations. Its spatial system has been revitalized to cater functionality, which extends beyond the domesticity of an erstwhile household, assimilating further to reflect an untypical dynamic space that performs in more than several ways.
Like most older apartments, #7, Southlands too, was a typical Art-Deco setup involving multiple rooms structured to facilitate conventional domesticity of an Indian household. The brief posited dynamic multifunctional spaces which served different purposes from time to time, and yet involved preservation of its iconic attributes. This approach called for a conscious restoration proposal which not only would anew the lost charm of a 300 sq.m 3BHK colonial apartment but also addresses the multi-user specifics of a neoteric residential workspace, where

Living room functions as a multidisciplinary workplace with multiple users

Dining Hall converts into a gallery or exhibition space.

Emphasis on contras...