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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. COURTYARD HOUSE in Bangalore, India by The Purple Ink StudioJune 4th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: The Purple Ink Studio Design Brief: The client’s brief saw a strong interest in a “Courtyard House”. Taking the courtyard as a focal point, the entire architecture and the landscape conceptualization revolved around using the feature as a climate responsive design advantage. The house is conceptualized as a performative architecture and landscape design with a carefully interwoven built-form that strongly responds to the site context.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil
 Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil Design description: The design process was initiated by understanding the climatology of the surroundings. The site is east facing and has a vast public green space on the North side. The landscape scheme is conceptualized on generating continuity with the surroundings and drawing the lines into the interiors of the building and connecting it with the courtyard which houses a sculptural tree.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil Based on the climatologically factors, the building is rotated towards the northern sides (to have maximum fenestration avoiding the harsh rays of the sun during the day) and a continuous water channel is introduced in the direction of the prevailing winds which aids in maintaining the micro-climate of the interiors. This also creates a strong connect between the landscape spaces on the south and the north sides. The centrally placed courtyard provides light to all the spaces and also provides air movement due to induced ventilation through the openings on the walls. The greens planned within the site, the water channel and the courtyard with a tree form a strong ecological system making the building less dependent on mechanical (re)sources and keeping a check on the energy consumption.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil The green space is not limited to the exteriors of the building only but also dominates the spatial structure of the interior layout. All the common areas of the house which surround the courtyard like the living, dining and the kitchen areas which are the day-units are treated as exterior spaces to seem as extensions of the landscape areas into the interiors. The internal court serves a dual purpose of being a climatological feature and a strong aesthetic element.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil The vegetation palette of the landscape design is planned to cover the entire site beyond the building outline and also grows over the structure to soften the overall built form. The planting is structured as a 3 layered system with ground covers, shrubs and trees which helps in maintaining the biodiversity of the entire site. The planting palette concentrates on productive greens making the entire landscape experience interactive with the user all year round.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil The distribution of planted and open spaces is a response to the functionality of the space in association with the interior spaces. The landscape spaces that are extensions of the interiors are all designed with sculpted earth covered with greens making the spaces interactive. The site edge buffer planting on the northern side is planned with fruiting trees and placed such that the view of the surrounding green space is uninterrupted from the interiors of the higher floors. The mid-level planting is completely planned with flowering shrubs to cater to the religious needs of the users. The dining and the kitchen areas open up to a vegetable patch which is personalized and would be dynamic with seasonal variations.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil THE PURPLE INK STUDIO: the purple ink studio’ is a young architectural practice which believes in constantly exploring the parameters of design and blurring the boundaries between architecture, landscape and sustainability. The studio works closely on each program and situates its projects within a wider research context. We believe in an integrated approach, which is complex, generative and moves beyond the digital techniques. We are constantly engaging in the practices of ‘Regenerative Architecture’ that focuses on conservation and performance through a focused reduction on the environmental impacts of a built structure. The Studio is working on experiments which are based in the present day scenario (as prototypes) which when multiplied, would breed into a series of ‘Eco-cities’, set in the future. These experiments focus on the ‘Kilometer Zero’ concept, which strives to generate locally everything that is necessary for our living.” The underlying focus is to integrate the ideas of our architectural theories using a series of integrated/hybrid techniques to develop a new breed of regenerative architecture. The Studio was started in 2011 by Akshay Heranjal and Aditi Pai Heranjal and is based out of Bengaluru, India. AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS The Purple Ink Studio since its inception in 2011 has won 3 International Awards, 3 Indian Awards and have been nominated in 5 Indian Awards. Their works have also been published widely both in print & online media in India, and internationally.  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © Shamanth Patil  Image Courtesy © The Purple Ink Studio  Image Courtesy © The Purple Ink Studio
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