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.
The New Face | Residence Renovation in Kochi, India by Eminence Architects [Research + Design]
The brief from the client was simple and short “a house with more floor space and an exterior with striking appearance in contrast with the surrounding”. The old house was about 890 sqft of build-up area with road on the north side. It was a single storied house which had a small living room, dining room, two bedrooms with attached toilets and a small kitchen. The house was expanded to 1900 sqft.
The house was re-planned within the existing structure and was extended to fit the client’s requirement. The entrance door was shifted to the right bay connecting a formal living space, replacing one of the earlier bedrooms. The spaces were then connected to the existing dining space and to the staircase that replaced the existing kitchen. The floor area was increased in the rear side to fit-in the open and closed kitchen keeping one of the existing bedrooms as such with the toilet being relocated.
The staircase lead to an open study area in the first floor. A master bedroom, a children’s bedroom and a third bedroom all with attached toilets, a small wash area in the rear and a big open terrace in the front were added on to the first floor.
The interiors are given a minimal touch. Most of the existing furniture’s were used with minor remodelling. A gradient of beige colour was used all through the interiors, with vitrified tiles for flooring, black leather finish kota stone for staircase and a small area in the informal living room was finished with wooden floor.
The exterior open terrace with framed wall, the parametric jali design panels in the front, the square opening on side walls ornamented with lights and a simple colour tone of white and yellow ochre on the walls are designed to have a minimalist striking appearance.
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