Month: March 2022

Spanning in the plot size of 22800 sft, sits The Foliage House. The name is interestingly derived from the beautiful green patch of plot our client had. The plot is located in a developing suburb of Ahmedabad. It already had many mature trees on site; along the periphery as well as in the plot. The ones of the periphery were various trees like bamboo, cherry blossom and neem, while the ones in the plot were chickoo and mango trees. This sight made us and the client fall in love with this piece of land. And thus began our design journey with a clear aim to sustain all the existing trees.

This project was planned as a detachment by developing a part of the back courtyard of the main house. Because it is a large site that doesn’t have a front and backside which is distinctive for the backcountry, we aimed to create a house that is fitting in with the environment around the site while standing gracefully.

According to an official statistic in 2020, urban townhouses accounted for more than 88% of the total of 1.92 million homes in Ho Chi Minh City. However, many outdated and degraded townhouses do not meet with the modern lifestyle and higher living standards of the next generation anymore. Understandably, renovating old townhouses in order to well accommodate contemporary living needs has become a very challenging yet inspiring type of work for many local architects.

According to an official statistic in 2020, urban townhouses accounted for more than 88% of the total of 1.92 million homes in Ho Chi Minh City. However, many outdated and degraded townhouses do not meet with the modern lifestyle and higher living standards of the next generation anymore. Understandably, renovating old townhouses in order to well accommodate contemporary living needs has become a very challenging yet inspiring type of work for many local architects.

The commission consisted of two “duplex” type homes on a 400 m2 lot in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Cordoba, very close to the city’s ring road. FOS FOT MAXIMUM EXPLAIN (fos = Land Occupation Factor) Our position regarding the commission was from the outset to find a way to densify the lot through the incorporation of a third unit. This decision implied an idea of researching ways of making architecture for rent, collaborating to create a more compact city. Córdoba suffers the consequences of the horizontal expansion of the urban sprawl, towards the small mountains (northwest of the city), the “oil stain” that worries so much when thinking about the development of a more sustainable city. This is how we propose to work with 3 units, two of them in triplex and one in two levels that incorporates the first inhabitant of the place, a carob tree of approximately 15 years of age, which without a doubt had to become the protagonist of the house that would welcome

Dining rooms are special places where treasured memories are made. They are the place in which we gather together with all of our family and close friends to break bread and to celebrate the most special occasions and annual holidays. They are the place where birthday wishes are made upon the glow of cake candles […]

Dining rooms are special places where treasured memories are made. They are the place in which we gather together with all of our family and close friends to break bread and to celebrate the most special occasions and annual holidays. They are the place where birthday wishes are made upon the glow of cake candles […]

combining a circle and wall, the ‘concéntrico pavilion’ creates a theatrical meeting point for passersby.
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