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The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting by Thomas Abraham

The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting by Thomas Abraham is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award í bronsi in Innanhúss- og sýningarhönnun Competition Category.


BronsInnanhúss· 2022

The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting

by Thomas Abraham

Client: Thomas Abraham

A' Design Award í bronsi Winner in Innanhúss Category

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The Design

About The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting

Crystal Hall, sem staðsett er í Bangalore á Indlandi, var hannað sem einkabústaður sem sameinar hugtök þjóðlegs arkitektúrs með nútímalegum efnum og tækni. Umkringdur aldingarði leitast hún við að koma á tengslum manns og náttúru. Með hvítum veggjum og glerkenndum innréttingum var áherslan á að halda rýminu hreinu og naumhyggjulegu. Allt efni sem notað var var endurnýtt úr umframmagni meðan á framkvæmdum stóð, sem tryggði nánast engin sóun. Hannað til að vera umhverfismeðvitað, veitir það hitauppstreymi, sjón- og hljóðeinangrun, en er trúr fagurfræðilegu heimspeki þess.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award í bronsi

The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting vann A' Design Award í bronsi, mjög virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum sem einkennast af sköpunargáfu, hugvitssemi og skarpskyggni. Sigurvegarar í bronsi eru ríkulega leiknir og áberandi skapandi gripir sem staðfesta víðtæka reynslu, ímyndunarafl og útsjónarsemi hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting sé mjög metinn, dáður og elskaður hlutur sem er einstaklega fagmannlegur og nýstárlegur. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í bronsi felur í sér bestu starfsvenjur í list, vísindum, hönnun og tækni og er framúrskarandi fyrir athygli sína á smáatriðum. The Crystal Hall Íbúða Innrétting fullnægir þörfum á dásamlegan hátt, snertir langanir, heillar tilfinningar og vekur forvitni.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The Crystal Hall integrates sustainability, reuses material, and uses disadvantaged local talent. Glass is a modern material that can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality or clarity, recreating bioclimatic conditions that tackle climate change. It follows a minimalistic modern approach while taking inspiration from classicism and yet being culturally, emotionally and ecologically conscious. The building follows a zero-waste policy and is an example of socially responsible design
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area - 2322 meter square
Building area - 835 square meter
Gross - 418 sqm
Tags
Sustainable design, Sustainable Interior, Residential Interior, Ecofriendly Design, Innovative Design, Green Design, Interior design, White Interior, Modern Interiors, Minimalistic Interiors
Production Technology
The structure consists an eclectic mix of glass, MS columns and cast in situ concrete. Contrary to general opinion, glass is among the most eco-friendly materials, more than compared to mud or stone, as it can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality or clarity and is made of sand, which is among the most plentiful resources available. Glass recreates bioclimatic conditions that tackle climate change while using modern materials that are culturally, emotionally, and ecologically conscious.
Design Challenge
Glass is often considered inappropriate for a tropical climate. But the architect used a double-layered glass - one layer reflecting the longwave radiation and the other reflecting the sun's shortwave radiation, providing thermal insulation to the building. As the project is in the outskirts where the power situation is erratic, the architect used wind power generating towers to provide backup power during windy days. The power is stored in batteries, and the excess is fed back to the city grid.
Research
The Crystal Hall a big but small home is an essay on light nature and history. Apart from integrating sustainability along reusing materials and using disadvantaged local talent the architect ensured every space of the project was curated to reflect what has been religiously culturally and geographically experienced by the client. It has the worlds first residential windmill towers proprietary use of two layers of high performance recycled glass with noninvasive vegetation species within thermal insulation technology and rainwater utilization thus creating a glocal (global and local) building.
Inspiration
Inspired by the state of the Earths climate and the status of its poorest this is design as an instrument for social and environmental change. It is not just an aesthetic adventure but a tool to recycle and reuse modern materials in sustainable and affordable ways. He made it his mission to hire the so called unemployable from Indias oppressed people of color. This is a building of universal human values that is yet culturally specific being inspired by vernacular Indian design.
Project Duration
Located in Bangalore, India, The Crystal Hall was constructed over a span of five years, from 2014 to 2019.
Operation Flow
The Crystal Hall is an example of paleomodern design, paleo meaning first. This is to take design beyond form follows function to form follows feeling, to reintroduce beauty and pleasure in art, things which were once universal but now is seen as sentimental and commercial. Things like Square proportions, Golden mean proportions, rhythm, scale, harmony and the accommodation of local and climatological aspects makes this a traditional design with a modern outlook using Avant Grande technology and materials.
Patents
Thomas Abraham
Team Members
Thomas Abraham
Diana Jacil Prakash
Saad Pasha
Image Credits
Image #1: Sandeep
Image #2: Rashmi Srinivasan
Image #3: Dullu
Image #4: Rashmi Srinivasan
Image #5: Sandeep

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