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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. Casa De Silva in Malabe, Sri Lanka by ICONCAST Chartered ArchitectsOctober 6th, 2021 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ICONCAST Chartered Architects Home to a young family with working parents the design had to offer a relaxing ambience. Both Eranda and Dhanushka drive to Colombo for work from their home at Thalahena, Malabe and from the onset they both wanted an extent of privacy that would still allow them to enjoy the outdoors; and the idea of a courtyard house was born. The courtyard of this home forms a double height internal volume and the level play inside the home allows for variant views of and through the courtyard from the difference spaces.  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya
 Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya The courtyard sets the ambience of the home a par with the outdoors and it connects spaces in a single line of sight although at difference levels through the courtyard where the family would mostly spend their time. The Living spills over to the courtyard for additional space and opens to the garden. Spacious volumes inside are formed by one large hall space shared by common activities of the home; the dining, pantry and TV lounge are all open to one another; visually and physically borrowing and sharing space with each other and the garden; resulting with free-flowing space with the illusion of larger area despite the restricted footprint. The stack ventilation through the courtyard keeps the house the cool while only the bedrooms are thermally controlled for comfort.  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya The dinging opens out to a timber deck making space for an outdoor dining. Large openings and neutral colours are combined with the natural timber elements as well as giving importance to vegetation create a light and airy living space. The more intimate areas of the home; such as the bedrooms and bathrooms, were contained in a more solid block of the house to ensure privacy. While the social areas such as living, dining and kitchen are located in a more open and exposed area of the home that is connected to the exterior. The house is screened from the road with a double skin with an external timber screen and internal glass. The road facing façade to the West also responds to solar orientation to cut down heat gain during the day; the façade is composed timber screen; incorporating cross ventilation and reducing thermal gain from direct sun.  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya  Image Courtesy © ICONCAST Chartered Architects  Image Courtesy © ICONCAST Chartered Architects  Image Courtesy © ICONCAST Chartered Architects  Image Courtesy © ICONCAST Chartered Architects
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