Skewed Vila by Hardik Shah is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.

BronceArquitectura· 2019

Skewed Vila

by Hardik Shah

Client: Studio Lagom

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Skewed Vila

Skewed é unha vila independente situada en Surat, India. A casa ocupa 11.000 pés cadrados e está deseñada como unha serie de vistas interconectadas. Os elementos están lixeiramente desprazados da liña recta, o que crea perspectivas variadas dentro da forma tridimensional. Unha estética sinxela, unha paleta mínima de materiais e unha estreita conexión coa natureza guían o deseño. Empréganse en todo o edificio pavimento de granito negro, paredes de formigón e escaiola, e xanelas e carpintaría interior de teca. Un xardín no primeiro andar susténtase mediante unha laxe postensada e conéctase co conxunto da casa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Skewed Vila gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Skewed Vila sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Skewed Vila satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

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