Weekend Home in Bangalore, by Studio Motley

Weekend Home in Bangalore by Studio Motley - Weekend Home is a 4-bedroom residence in a gated community with a built-up area of 650 sqm, and has clearly delineated visitor and private areas. The plan is a simple configuration of rooms around a courtyard. This central open space contains a kund and a large shade tree which breathes life into the surrounding sheltered zones. The emphasis here is on creating an ‘outdoor room’ which connects the house to the landscape and also forms the centre, unifying the entire composition. 
Weekend Home in Bangalore, by Studio Motley 1

The Weekend Home is a 4-bedroom residence in a gated community with a built-up area of 650 sqm, and has clearly delineated visitor and private areas. The plan is a simple configuration of rooms around a courtyard. This central open space contains a kund and a large shade tree which breathes life into the surrounding sheltered zones. The emphasis here is on creating an ‘outdoor room’ which connects the house to the landscape and also forms the centre, unifying the entire composition. 

The brief from the client was that the house should be conducive for social gatherings of varying scales. As such, while the rooms spill out to the central court, this in turn connects to a larger lawn area. An external staircase connects to terraces at different levels so that there is a potential for activity in several pockets, while still connecting to the central court. 

The living room is treated as a singular element, more public than the rest of the house and it takes shape as a 15′ high glass box sandwiched between 2 concrete slabs, the whole hovering over a reflecting pool. All spaces in the house have opportunities to spill out to different areas with terraces and balconies at various levels, while still being connected visually from the central court. The master bedroom also has a small private rear garden along with more public court. 

Set within a gated community in Bengaluru, we were focused on designing a house which took advantage of the temperate climate the city enjoys and create spaces which encourage a culture of outdoor living. The intent was that the house be climatically responsive even during the few months of peak summer and so all the glazing has deep overhangs to protect it with the living room (designed as a glass box) further cooled by the surrounding water body.  

Weekend Home in Bangalore, by Studio Motley 15

The west side of the layout has toilets and utility rooms to eliminate the harsh west sun.  

The house is also insulated by the use of filler slabs, a technique where the concrete roofs have hollow clay blocks within it used to further cool the home. 

Materials chosen are local stone, brick, exposed concrete, timber and glass to create textures and colours which are natural and bring warmth to the house. 

Drawings

Project Facts

Location: Epsilon Layout, Bangalore

Typology: Single Home, Villa

Photographer: Archana Venson/Anand Kurudi 

Project Team: kajal Gupta, Ruchi Shah, Anand K R, Selina Abraham 

Share your comments

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent

The 100, Calicut, by Nestcraft Architecture

In this rural escape, The 100, Calicut, by Nestccraft Architecture, ensures a firm marriage between functionality and aesthetics and the planning suggests four bedrooms with attached toilets in a plinth area of 21OO square feet. The home and wabi-sabi landscape within this boundary facilitate meaningful life to 1OO souls.

Read More »
Pune

Pune – An Ever-Evolving Jewel

The essay traces the transformation of Pune from a quaint town to the vibrant city it is today. Mostly it is about the city’s aspects, which make it different and unique. The narrative reminisces about the city’s cultural richness and festive glory. It also points out a bit about the challenges posed by urbanization. But despite everything, Pune successfully retains its cultural essence, making it a city that preserves its glorious heritage while transforming.
This essay by Arpita Khamitkar is amongst the shortlisted essays.

Read More »

Reflection of Urban Inclusivity And Reality

The essay reflects on the author’s childhood memories centred around the Kohinoor Textile Mill. The mill, part of Mumbai’s Girangaon, played a significant role in the city’s industrial growth until the early 1980s. The essay fondly recalls the mill’s impact on the community, its cultural richness, and personal experiences. The author expresses concern about the loss of community identity and the impact of privatization, highlighting the need for sustainable urban development that preserves the city’s history. This essay by Pornima Buddhivant is amongst the shortlisted essays.

Read More »
The case of Phalke Smarak - Nashik

The case of Phalke Smarak

The essay titled, ‘The case of Phalke Smarak : Nashik’s untapped potential with existing urban public space’ – discusses how a promising urban scale public space project for Nashik city in the late 90s has slowly turned desolate, despite all the possibilities and potential the architectural design, site and overall context offers. It further tries to highlight the gap between the public and failed public spaces based on this case, and points towards public engagement for successful urban design, renewal and development. This essay by Asmita Raghuvanshy is amongst the shortlisted essays.

Read More »
The Good, the Bad and the Aesthetic - Bhopal

The Good, the Bad and the Aesthetic

This essay delves into how municipal corporations envision creating Western cities (instead of responding to the Indian context) and end up creating cities that only appear to work, instead of actually being more socially inclusive, dynamic and publicly active. The Smart Cities Mission then caters only to the rich and this becomes evident in not just the visuals they use, but also the manner in which they describe their vision of a World Class Infrastructure. This essay by Avani Mittal is amongst the shortlisted essays.

Read More »

WE ARE HIRING /

ArchitectureLive! is hiring for various roles, starting from senior editors, content writers, research associates, graphic designer and more..

 

PARTICIPATE /