3. Nov -Dec 2011

INTERIOR
Taking a step further into recycling, old
bottles were hung in the bar ceiling with
small LED lights to form an array of lights.
were used to veneer a part of upper terrace walls. Other
wood were used to create artificial dalins in various parts
of the restaurant. The scrap pieces of wood were used for
making lighting fixtures.
An understated 2 storied brick building with a spacious
Pomelo tree garden provided a canvas, which was to be
themed Earth and Nature as per the owner’s request.
The requirements were simple – warm environment, cost
efficient, outdoor BBQ, bar lounge, family spaces.
The first choice was use earthy materials which provided
a warm look - undoubtedly wood. With the cost of wood
skyrocketing, the only choice was to recycle – and
recycled it was. An owner’s friend was dismantling a
very old building from where windows, doors, and dalins
were brought in. The doors were remodeled into doors
for the house. The windows were hung in their original
conditions as décor on the boundary walls. Dalins were
used to make the furniture and latticed pergolas over the
terrace and entrance. Some oddly shaped sheets of wood
As a more manageable material was to be used for
flooring, most of the internal floors were tiled. The
parquet removed to place the tiles was assembled to
create a pattern in the wall. Some old wooden sheets
were cut into colored squares which formed a lobby area
ceiling along with lokta paper cladding.
To break the monotony of wood, the lounge ceiling was
made from gypsum combined with dried nigalo sticks,
which formed a diffusely lighted ceiling. Taking a step
further into recycling, old bottles were hung in the bar
ceiling with small LED lights to form an array of lights.
To match the overall feeling of the house, the walls were
textured with jute bags impressed over the Plaster of
Paris and painted in different earthy shades. Old used
and discarded printing blocks were used to stamp
on block prints and textures in the walls which gave
some ethnic touch to the interiors. The exterior and the
boundary walls were also painted in mud color to match
the interiors.
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