Skewed Villa by Hardik Shah is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Architectura Competition Category.

AesArchitectura· 2019

Skewed Villa

by Hardik Shah

Client: Studio Lagom

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Skewed Villa

Obliquum est villa solitaria in Surat, Indiae sita. Domus undecim milia pedum quadratorum continet et velut series prospectuum inter se coniunctorum disposita est. Elementa a linea recta paulum deflexa sunt, quod varias species intra formam trium dimensionum efficit. Simplicitas pulchritudinis, ratio materiae parca et arta cum natura coniunctio consilium regunt. Pavimentum ex granito nigro, parietes ex concreto et tectorio, fenestrae et opera lignea interiora ex ligno teccae per totam domum adhibentur. Hortus in primo tabulato lamina cemento tensa sustentatur et cum tota domo coniungitur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Skewed Villa victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Skewed Villa rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Skewed Villa necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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