Located in Surat, Gujarat, this contemporary two-story private house has been designed in 2020 by Openideas Architects.

Description
Hive is conceived and designed as an intelligent, adaptable and sustainable family home at Surat, Gujarat. The form of the house is seeded in the profession of the client ? who is part of an extremely successful company engaged in making machines for the diamond industry.
The site is located in Vesu, an upcoming part of Surat. The plotted development has apartment complexes on the east and west plots. This particular project was part of four plots taken for the extended Mistry family. Being well-informed about architecture and given his core competency in mechanical engineering, the client was very clear about what he wanted as a ?home? ? a smart structure rendered in metal and a ?mono-space? living area. Along with those primary thoughts, the client communicated an almost 90-point brief with inputs connected to diverse points ? from structure, landscape, planning, materials, sustainability, insulation, HVAC and plumbing, along with entire year?s sun path study. With the dominant presence of metal, the concepts of long span, light weight, a complex form and fast construction came on board, with the form itself being moulded by an in-depth analysis of external temperature, humidity, solar radiation, cloud cover and wind pattern. The architecture is expressed as an angular V-shaped structure oriented towards the green pock...