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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. Casuarina Fence House in Bangalore, India by Meeta Jain ArchitectsOctober 22nd, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MEETA JAIN ARCHITECTS Refurbishment and extension of an existing home into a Dual home . Lower level for elderly mother and the upper level for Son and his family incorporating a lot of garden spaces. The project demonstrates a transformation of old single family house, into a dual family home on a 40ft x 70ft plot. The Neighborhood displays identical row house typology, all its occupants have undergone constant transformations and yet managed to retain a balance of nature and manmade. Each house shares a common wall with the adjoining house demanding that extensions be made adhering to light and ventilation needs.  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects
 Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects However for the expression, we relied on Casuarina a construction scaffolding material, which is the most cheaply available wood. It helped us to create an aesthetic of unfinished-ness and a contrasting façade element. In times the ‘sleeker the smarter’ mantra rules. The lower house for the ageing mother draws upon the nostalgia of her lived years through a mud finished gateway, while the upper house for her children, poses a duality by staying modernistic in its treatment through partial glass and boxlike exterior.  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects Living in a garden feel is continued into the house by careful use of rustic finishes and through elements like skylight lit stairs that leads to a terrace room and the terrace garden. The very rustic yet contemporary feel dominates the house by the natural lacquered finish of steel girders and overhangs that express exposed concrete, creating a strong overall blending with the gardens.  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects  Image Courtesy © Meeta Jain Architects
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