Skewed Villa by Hardik Shah is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny d'Arquitectura, Edificació i Estructures Competition Category.

BronzeArquitectura· 2019

Skewed Villa

by Hardik Shah

Client: Studio Lagom

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Skewed Villa

Skewed és una villa independent situada a Surat, Índia. La casa ocupa 11.000 peus quadrats i està dissenyada com una sèrie de perspectives interconnectades. Els elements es desplacen lleugerament fora de la línia recta, la qual cosa crea perspectives variades dins de la forma tridimensional. Una estètica senzilla, una paleta de materials mínima i connexions estretes amb la natura guien el disseny. S'utilitzen paviments de granit negre, parets de formigó i guix, i finestres i fusteria interior de teca en tot el conjunt. Un jardí situat a la primera planta és sostingut per una llosa postesada i connecta amb tota la casa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Skewed Villa és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Skewed Villa sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Skewed Villa satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Simple aesthetics, a minimal material palette and connections to nature are the main drivers of the design of the Skewed House,the architect’s debut through his firm Studio Lagom. The standalone 11,000-square-foot villa seeks to create an oasis of serenity in Surat’s typical urban milieu through a programme that departs from typical planning of this typology.
Tags: tropicalexperience, luxury, villa, waterbody, pooja, kalamkari, modern, contemorary, connection, naturallight, exposedconcrete
Production Technology: Materials
Flooring: Black Granite
Walls: Concrete and plaster
Slatted compound wall: Valsadi teak
Windows and interior woodwork: Burma teak and Valsadi teak
Design Challenge: Taking the complete garden on the first floor which connects with entire house was the major challenge. But the research was carried accordingly and it was overcomed by proving a post tensioned slab.
Inspiration: The architect’s deep interest in photography helped him visualize this project as a series of interconnected vistas, and was also responsible for the ‘skewedness’ of Skewed House. Manifested subtly as elements shifted slightly off the straight line, this was an exercise in creating vistas and perspectives, and adding more life to a three-dimensional object.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2011 in Surat and finished in August 2017 in Surat.
Operation Flow: The standalone villa seeks to create an oasis of serenity in typical urban milieu of Surat through a programme that departs from typical planning of this typology.
The connection of inside space with nature, with simple aesthetics are the driving priciples.
Team Members: Sweta Gajiwala Doriwala
KrutiSheta-Patel (Interior Styling)
Image Credits: Photographix | Sebastian + Ira