Bansberia | West Bengal

2018

This project comprised a design intervention for a part of the client's existing property. While in one half of the land stood the client's residence, the other half was primarily bare save for a half-built 2-storey structure to one side and a central pon

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Principal Designer

Abin Chaudhuri

Design Team

Samya Ghatak, Debkishor Das, Jibendra Basak, Debjit Samanta

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The brick-lined pond was converted to a swimming pool while the structure houses a gym, changing rooms and guest entertainment lounges overlooking the pool and lawns. The landscape incorporates a barbeque station, a sunken sit-out and a small aviary amidst the hard and soft scaped open areas.

Designed as a curved, louvered surface, the crafted metal façade casts mesmerizing shadows in the interior spaces. There is a soft play of light and shade as the sun moves across the horizon through the day. Rectilinear punctuations along the curve, crafted as this lamina surfaces using sheet metal, strategically open out the spaces to the idyllic views outside.