Architecture
Architecture

Oblique House


Client: Ms. Swati Bengali
Entrant: Red Brick Studio

The First List

Entry Title:	Oblique House
Client:	Ms. Swati Bengali
Entrant Company:	Red Brick Studio
Description:	The entrant was approached to build a weekend home for a couple (and their dog!) with a brief that suggested the weekend house to be simple yet sophisticated, non-indulgent and something that prioritises function over form. As a response to this came about the Oblique House. A house that attempts to be honest, bare, minimal to a point of being almost frugal; created to serve its primary function - of creating an intimate space considering the complexity of the terrain and beautiful views of the Uksan lake. With the recent increase in second home tourism, the studio wished to create a positive environmental impact by minimizing ground impact and maximizing site potential while lowering energy value of the built mass using contextually appropriate technologies & materials. The site had an interesting topography, starting with a flat patch upfront which starts steadily sloping down eventually reaching the edge of the lake. Going against conventional practice, the studio proposed to reserve the flat part for the orchard the client wished for and set the house on the sloping part of the site and use the natural topography to tuck away majority of the house from the view at the entrance.
Company Credits:	Himanshu Tulpule
Individual Credits:	Ankur Kothari
Individual Credits:	Anil Poduval
Individual Credits:	Tamanna Arif