Skewed Villa by Hardik Shah is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Arquitectura, Edificación y Estructuras Competition Category.

BronceArquitectura· 2019

Skewed Villa

by Hardik Shah

Client: Studio Lagom

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Skewed Villa

Skewed es una villa independiente ubicada en Surat, India. La vivienda abarca 11.000 pies cuadrados y está planteada como una sucesión de vistas interconectadas. Los elementos se desplazan ligeramente respecto de la línea recta, lo que genera perspectivas diversas dentro de la forma tridimensional. Una estética sencilla, una paleta mínima de materiales y una estrecha relación con la naturaleza guían el diseño. Se emplean en todo el proyecto pavimentos de granito negro, muros de hormigón y revoque, y carpinterías de ventanas y trabajos de ebanistería interior en teca. Un jardín en la primera planta se sostiene sobre una losa postesada y se vincula con el conjunto de la casa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Skewed Villa ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Skewed Villa sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Skewed Villa satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

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