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Sumit Singhal
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.

J House in New Delhi, India by SPACES ARCHITECTS@ka

 
June 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: SPACES ARCHITECTS@ka

J House is a weekend home, located in Delhi, with plot area of 1800 sq.ft. The house is designed in a contemporary style of architecture with a lot of open spaces to ensure visual connectivity between all the floors and allows an abundant inflow of natural light and air.

Elevation, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

  • Architects: SPACES ARCHITECTS@ka
  • Project: J House
  • Location: New Delhi, India
  • Photography: Bharat Aggarwal
  • Project Architect: Pawan Sharma, Praveen Sharma, Arvind Singh
  • Principal Architect: Kapil Aggarwal
  • Site Area: 1800 SQ.FT (approx)
  • Built-Up Area: 1800 SQ.FT (approx)

Evening view of the house, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

The designing has been done considering client’s brief who wanted a distinctive but a simple family abode. So we visualized the house as an expression of Indian modern and contemporary architecture with a minimal material palette.

View of elevation from street, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Elevation Detail, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

The residence is located in an urban context, having a strategically planned outward looking interior space with required privacy created by the usage of louvers and screens. The house responds well with internal connectivity and provides interactive spaces for the family, and aimed towards allowing maximum daylight into the interior spaces. All the walls are majorly planned in monochrome and splashes of colors have been added with bright colors in artwork and furniture.

Elevation Detail, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Elevation Detail, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

The elevation is purely driven from the functions of the interiors. A few blocks have been carved out from the elevation to accommodate multiple terraces which in turn enhance the experience in the interiors. These terraces had to be covered up in a way to create cozy semi-private zones rather than having a direct sight from the street. Wooden and metal elements are custom designed to both create the privacy needed and also create the play of light and shadows in the interiors. The major element in the left part of the elevation is a staircase which had to be treated well to make it a distinctive feature as well. The front wall uses large glass panes shaded using wooden louvers and an abstract cantilevered roof element above it.

Family lounge space with abstract artwork, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Family lounge space, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

The house spans to three levels with 5000 sq.ft of built-up area.

Second floor lobby connected with terrace and triple height space, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Dining area, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

As per the client requirement, a bedroom, kitchen, study, drawing and dining are kept on ground floor, interconnected from within by triple height spaces allowing light to travel throughout the house. This triple height space is characterized with a rough Indian Gwalior stone, placed in different sizes adding a very subtle texture in the space.

Light flowing in interior spaces, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Family lounge, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

The first floor has 2 bedrooms, a family lounge and a small terrace in the front with a tree in the center. This terrace is a semi open space covered with wooden louvers scaling up to the second floor creating a double height volume.

Natural light penetrating in interior space, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Triple height space reciving daylight from above, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

On the second floor the house opens up to a big terrace garden which experienced as an extended part of the lobby. This terrace interacts well with a visually connectivity to the interiors and the terrace below.

Play of light and shadows in the interiors, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Play of light and shadow on rough texture of triple height space, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Usage of greenery both in the interiors as well as exteriors enhances the quality of living and also adds to the minimal palette used throughout.

Natural Light penetrating from the top and flowing into spaces through triple height space, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Bedroom, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Triple height space connected with bedroom, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Second floor terrace area, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Wooden louvers as shading device, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Wooden louvres in semi open terrace area, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

Washroom, Image Courtesy © Bharat Aggarwal

First Floor Plan, Image Courtesy © SPACES ARCHITECTS@ka

Second Floor Plan, Image Courtesy © SPACES ARCHITECTS@ka

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