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CUTTING-EDGE HOUSE
PUNE, MAHARASHTRA
Plot Area: 6,300 sq ft
Built-up Area: 9,000 sq ft
Project Timeline: 2016 - 2018
SNDLLP, PUNE
Principal Designers: Sanjay Newaskar, Mansi Newaskar
Design Team: Amey Shirgoankar, Sonali Tupe, Shravan Dewasi
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Situated in a low rise colony of houses, and hi-rise apartments
set at a distance, this home is planned as a form that appears as
a playful block with numerous slits highlighting the facade. The
house faces the common road in front, which made it necessary
to give due importance to the privacy factor, which was also a
requirement of the client. The façade placed towards the west
appears as a canvas of white, which is contrasted by the pops
of greens peeing out of the slits. The sciography formed by the
trees on the façade, looks as if nature has painted a part of itself
on the façade wall.
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Entrance
The plot spans across 6,300 sq ft with spacious interiors. The home belongs to a
renowned jeweller family in Pune who wanted five bedrooms, a Vaastu compliant house
with a sense of security. The manipulation of architecture, defined the interior spaces
with openness and natural ventilation throughout the day. The journey begins with an
entrance lobby that leads towards a narrow passage opening upto a double height living
room, cladded with glazing towards the east.
The sunlight penetrates through the glazing and brings in abundant natural light glowing
up the interiors. A waterfall feature is added in towards the backyard placed in the east
that treats the user with a soothing sight. The design harnesses, simple and modern
contemporary style, creating relaxing spaces for the family. The design pattern of the
slits is reflected in the interiors as well. This is visible in the partition of the passage and
the living room.
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Main Entrance
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Mandir door and ground floor passage
Living Room
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Double height living room from other side
The ground floor is planned as a semi-public space with this double light living room
and a backyard space that can be used for gatherings. The dining and kitchen to the
east, are placed on the ground floor following the vaastu norms.
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Waterfall and vertical garden in the backyard
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Kitchen with tints of yellow
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Master Bedroom
The private spaces are designed as per the personality and likes of the user. The bedroom,
bathroom and walk in wardrobes, were planned in the linear form, which received ample
amount of sunlight all through the day. A master bedroom with minimal and neutral
color palette keeps the rhythm of the space calm. The master bathroom fetches the
light from façade cut-outs making a beautiful experience for the user during anytime
of the day.
The elder son’s bedroom features an interesting play of vibrant colors like red, yellow
and aqua blue. The younger son, being an artist, his room was designed with hexagonal
pattern concrete blocks cladded into the walls. It also has its own media room.
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Son’s bedroom 1 with terrace
Second floor Son’s bedroom 2
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Views of 2nd son’s home theater
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Elder son’s bathroom and walk-in wardrobe
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Younger son’s bathroom
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Master Bathroom
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Second floor son’s bedroom 2 attached terrace
The same pattern is followed for the bathrooms. The bathrooms looking towards the
west change the look and feel of the space with natural light and plants creating an
environment of relaxation. Private terraces with screened roofs are also provided in the
bedrooms.
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Son’s bedroom 1 terrace
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Open terrace space
Sophisticated and luxurious look of the house is a result of the minimal material palette.
This includes, grey Italian marble, Statuario, and a single-color veneer - American
walnut, which highlights the spaces throughout. Colors are added through home decors
products used for the kitchen, bedrooms, and other spaces. The house is weaved in a
unified pattern of lines as done for the facade.
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Second floor Son’s Bedroom 1 with vibrant colors
The most unique feature was that, the entire house was designed in a same line pattern
used for flooring and cladding to maintain the continuity and concept of the house. The
house has a distinctive character, that sets it apart from the general single dwelling
residences.
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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Sectional Elevation
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West Side Elevation
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UNIQUE MATERIAL APPLICATIONS Veneer: American Walnut, Walnut wood
External Tile Cladding: Monalisa, China Security: Video Door Phone and others, from
Windows: My Windows from Home Build IBMS
Tech India Pvt. Ltd. Air Conditioning: Daikin from ADP Engineers
Tiles: Simpolo from Sri Param Marketing Home Automation: Beckhott / BMS from IBMS
Marble: Armani Grey, Satvario from Arihant
Granites KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Lighting: Majeax, Marsden from Ashva Structural: Spectrum Consultants
Color: Asian Paints Civil Contractor: Vishwakarma Marble Arts
Sanitaryware: Duravit Façade / Landscape / MEP / Acoustics:
Bath Fittings: Hansgrohe Inhouse
Furniture: Treasure, Nomos, Dickson HVAC: Albus Engineering Consultants Pvt.
Furnishing: Spain from Kejals Furnishings Ltd.
Wallpaper: Cole & Son, London from F&F
Carpets & Rugs: Linie Design PHOTOGRAPHER
Hardware: Hafele, Blum Hemant Patil
Modular Kitchen: Inhouse
Kitchen Sink: Carysil
Ply: Greenply, Citiply, Truwood from Dalal &
Co., Citiply
© Skyboard, 2018. No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information
storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author.
