Spaces Issue 7

children’s bedroom, which also has a
balcony and walk in closet vestibule to a
well planned toilet. At the rear side is the
fourth bedroom, which can either be used
by guests or a grown up child and is
equipped with a walk in wardrobe/dressing
and a toilet. There is a study at the other
side of this bedroom, which has the
ambience for concentration of mind. The
last floor contains a prayer room and an
enclosed clothes washing and pressing
room. Designed with flexibility in mind,
the roof of the houses is partially sloped
and the rest flat to accommodate any later
day expansion of spaces. The front-sloped
roof will give definitiveness to the
streetscape architecture.
APART from the sloped tiled roof, which
is typical of a traditional home, other
elements like exposed brick tile façade and
certain classical structural embellishments
have been incorporated to emphasize the
timelessness of such architectural
innovations during the course of
multihued architectural history of homes.
However for longevity of such elements,
manufacturers from across the world have
been resourced like the roof tiles, which
are autoclaved with German technology
and imported from Thailand. Similarly, the
brick tiles are from special exclusive natural
materials from India. The architectural
elements have been carefully designed not
to become outlandish and veering towards
ornamentation.
The ceramic tiles used are of exquisite
quality carefully chosen from Brazil, Spain
and Thailand. Sanitary wares are of top
end line of Cotto sanitarywares of
Thailand. All CP fittings are of the best
make and from internationally reputed
manufacturers. The usual architectural
embellishments like wood in staircase,
Above: A good sized kitchen for modern
style usage adjoins the dining part of the
living-dining hall.
Left: The entrance foyer serves as a
convenient corner for leaving hats,
umbrellas etc.
46 NOV-DEC 2005 SPACES