Photographs: courtesy DWG
Design Work Group (.DWG) combines two separate apartments to create a user-friendly space incorporating simple design aspects. This spacious eleventh floor apartment accommodates a joint family of three generations. Offering a panoramic river view, this house has been built beautifully that allows natural elements such as cross ventilation, natural light, etc, inside the house to form a relaxed ambience.
1. To define a sense of transition, white makrana flooring has been used in combination with polished golden kotah stone. A divisional screen made from sheesham wood alongside the TV unit wall acts as a separator between the foyer, living and dining areas respectively. Materials like kota, marble, sheesham and rosewood, cement sheet, fabrics in a light colour palette and artwork made from natural elements were used to create a calm living environment. These elements blended well with the traditional living patterns of the joint family and their contemporary lifestyle and setting.
2. The artwork on the west facing wall depicts a fleet of birds flying back to their nests at the time of sunset. The living area has been divided into two parts: formal and informal area respectively. The formal area consists of a river view, sophisticated layout and a comfortable lounge setup with a TV on the opposite wall.
3. (Left) The backdrop wall of the pooja room has been designed in sheesham wood and is adorned by two different interesting patterns complementing each other.The north-facing wall has been designed using sheesham wood,creating a warm yet interesting pattern to complement the calmness required in this area. The east and west-side wall contains a light fixture that depicts the rising and setting sun from respective directions. (Right) An empty wall in the foyer area was designed by making a pebble-bed along with a welcoming goddess statue.
4. (Left) For the entrance door, an interesting geometric pattern has been created with MS frame and waste sheesham wood. This changed the outlook of using waste products and the result was a rather interesting door detail. The structure is very light in weight and the used wood acts as a cross bracing to the MS frame. (Right) This is the basin near the dining area adorned with Himachal white stone, black-lit mirror and onyx bowl.