The House Of Secret Gardens, Ahmedabad Real Estate, Indian Architecture, Interior, Images
The House Of Secret Gardens in Ahmedabad
High-End Real Estate In India – design by SPASM Design
5 Nov 2018
The House Of Secret Gardens
Architecture: SPASM Design

Location: Ahmedabad, India
The House Of Secret Gardens
This is a private home in Ahmedabad, is an expression in Dhrangadhra stone. The stone used in many of the architectural antiquities of Ahmedabad. The stone has a mottled texture and bone colora-tion, available in blocks; slabs and dust from quarries nearby it became an obvious choice. It ages pretty well too.

The cellular structure of this sandstone holds intermittent microscopic air gaps, acting as an insulation panel itself. This led to the idea of cladding the entire body of the house as a monolith. The organization of the plan is like a simple cross. This allows for one room thick arms, hence permitting easy cross ventilation and possibility of a seamless connect with the outdoors.
The stone is used in giant blocks vertically to form a periphery, a border to the gardens to frame the edges, allow breezes, and a sense of containment and scale. This frame allows the home to be immersed within the greens, considered imagery and landscape will form the surrounds of the cross shaped construct.

Movement;

From the entry through to the main stair volume at the Centre of the cross, the hallways of the home are so modulated that the sense of sauntering between insi...