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The House of Secret Gardens

This is a private home in Ahmedabad, is an expression in Dhrangadhra stone.

The aim was to deliver a home which allows its occupants to live a life in the bosom of nature, sensing the seasons, entertaining their family and friends and juicing the joys of a well-placed life……with art, sculpture, objects, contributing to the serenity of the home. Architecture we believe is about summoning beauty and distilling moments of tranquil inner happiness, an awareness of just being and celebrating a single breath when everything is perfect.
Project Year: 2018
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The House of Secret Gardens
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The House of Secret Gardens
Entry to the House
The House of Secret Gardens
From the entry through to the main stair volume at the Centre of the cross, the hallways of the home are so modulated that the sense of sauntering between inside and outside is heightened.
The House of Secret Gardens
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The House of Secret Gardens
The home abounds several bespoke objects and pieces, many of which are designed by SPASM for this project in particular.
The House of Secret Gardens
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The House of Secret Gardens
© Edmund Sumner
The House of Secret Gardens
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The House of Secret Gardens
©Umang Shah
The House of Secret Gardens
© Umang Shah
The House of Secret Gardens
a seamless connect with the outdoors.
The House of Secret Gardens
© Edmund Sumner
The House of Secret Gardens
A long search for an appropriate emotion for the water body, ended in the commissioning of a life size sculpture of a pensive monk, in Beslana stone gingerly poised on the water’s surface as if levitating.
The House of Secret Gardens
Intended as seamless extensions of the living spaces the gardens will over the years mature as view boxes which come alive with the moving sun, breezes animating them and rain imbuing the home with the fresh aroma of the dry earths thirst quenched.
The House of Secret Gardens
©Umang Shah
The House of Secret Gardens
©Umang Shah
The House of Secret Gardens
The aim was to deliver a home which allows its occupants to live a life in the bosom of nature, sensing the seasons, entertaining their family and friends and juicing the joys of a well-placed life……with art, sculpture, objects, contributing to the serenity of the home. Architecture we believe is...
The House of Secret Gardens
©Umang Shah
The House of Secret Gardens
Dhrangadhra stone,used in many of the architectural antiquities of Ahmedabad. The stone has a mottled texture and bone coloration, available in blocks; slabs and dust from quarries nearby it became an obvious choice. It ages pretty well too. The cellular structure of this sandstone holds...
The House of Secret Gardens
Courtyards facilitating the convectional movement of air, will be a major part of the passive climate control in the home, stone fins , rough cuts perpendicular to the building face , cause incident shadows hence cooling the face and creating an ever-changing rhythm of shadows and light.
The House of Secret Gardens
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The House of Secret Gardens
The organization of the plan is like a simple cross. This allows for one room thick arms, hence permitting easy cross ventilation and possibility of a seamless connect with the outdoors. The stone is used in giant blocks vertically to form a periphery, a border to the gardens to frame the edges,...
The House of Secret Gardens
Model shot
The House of Secret Gardens