Skewed Villa by Hardik Shah is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award i Bronze in Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.
BronzeArkitektur· 2019
Skewed Villa
by Hardik Shah
Client: Studio Lagom
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Arkitektur Category
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The Design
About Skewed Villa
Skewed er en fritstående villa beliggende i Surat, Indien. Huset dækker 11.000 kvadratfod og er planlagt som en række sammenhængende udsigter. Elementer er forskudt en smule fra den lige linje, hvilket skaber varierede perspektiver inden for den tredimensionelle form. Enkel æstetik, en minimal materialepalet og tætte forbindelser til naturen er retningsgivende for designet. Der er gennemgående anvendt sort granitgulv, vægge af beton og puds samt vinduer og indvendigt træarbejde i teak. En have på første sal bæres af en efterspændt dæk og forbinder sig med hele huset.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
Skewed Villa er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Skewed Villa forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Skewed Villa tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
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
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