Architect’s Firm: Saransh
Client: Vaibhav Shah and Shivani Rajpurohit
Typology: Residence
Program: Family Home
Address: 43, Gala Lotus, Gokuldham, Sanand Road
Location: 22.977694, 72.457429
Start date: 12 Jun 2019
Finish date: 6 Mar 2020
Status: Completed
Built-Up Area: 5000 sq.ft
Site area: 6700 sq.ft
Design Lead: Malay Doshi
Design Team: Kaveesha Shah, Dipti Kotak, Khyati Pankhania, Aashna Khetan, Punit Jain
Photo: The Fishy Project
Visualisation: Malay Doshi
Landscape: Rachana Creation
HVAC: Airstage Engineers
Electrical: Sudhir Sharma
Plumbing: Deepak
Lighting: Crystal Palace
Finishing: Karansinh

This is a close look at the main entrance of the house with a wooden main door that stands out against the dark stone exterior walls.

This is a look inside the main entrance with a consistent dark stone tone to its walls and flooring by the car port.

Upon entry of the main house, you are welcomed by this foyer that has a wooden bench topped with a wall-mounted mirror.

This is a close look at the car port doors with a slatted design to its gate.

This is the living room with a couple of cushioned wooden sofas adorned with wall-mounted round mirrors.

This is another view of the living room with a close look at the corner in between two sofas brightened by the industrial-style pendant light.

This is the courtyard beyond the covered patio with a hanging swing bench.

This is a view of the courtyard with planters on the side and a view of the glass windows of the house.

This is a close look at the corner of the sofas with built-in end tables brightened by the glass window.

This is a close look at the patterns of the wooden end tables of the sofa with the herringbone patterns of the floor tiles.

This is a glimpse of the dining area from the vantage of the living room through a hallway.

This is a full view of the dining room that has a large square dining table surrounded by matching dark wooden chairs with cushions.

The dining room is brightened by the glass wall on the side that can be opened to access the backyard.

This is a close look at the dining chair and flooring tiles of the dining room.

This is a closer look at the dining set that is topped iwth a flat modern lighting that hangs from the wooden shiplap ceiling.

The bedroom has a platform bed by the large glass wall that opens up to the backyard patio.

This is a look at the dark wooden door of the bedroom that stands out against the beige walls and flooring.

This is a look at the hallway leading to the bedroom with beige walls and dark gray flooring tiles.

This is the staircase landing with dark gray flooring tiles and steps that contrast the light tone of the walls.

This is a look at the top of the paneled wall with pendant lights that comes in pairs.

This is the home office with a built-in wooden desk that matches the tone of the wooden walls and ceiling.

This side of the office showcases the large black ball support of the wooden desk. You can also the curvature of the wooden ceiling.

The bathroom has a floating wooden vanity across from the toilet and next to the glass-enclosed shower area.

This is a close look at the wooden platform bed that matches well with the gray tone of the walls and ceiling brightened by the glass wall.

This is a close look at the built-in marble bench within the shower area of the bathroom.

This is a closer look at the wooden paneled wall of the home office with modern lighting.

The living room has a wooden cushioned sofa topped with a wall-mounted round mirror.

This is an elevation of the house's elevation.

This is an illustration of the ground level floor plan.

This is an illustration of the main level floor plan.

VS House is a family home in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Originally a 4 bedroom house built around 7 years ago, it has been retrofitted into a 3 bedroom one. The existing house was stripped of all its finishes and redesigned from scratch, while a lot of the spaces and services were changed as well.

Being a corner plot, there was more space available here as compared to the other houses in the society. These spaces were used to design an independent gym and a jacuzzi spa. The entry was also completely redone with higher boundary walls and a larger covered parking space. Inside the house, one of the bedrooms was converted to a private lounge, and a service terrace was taken inside the house to convert it to a work-study.

The house is designed with a very minimalist tone. Instead of adding more elements, the focus has been given to the nature of the materials used to finish the insides, which create the entire ambiance. An emphasis was given on an individual’s visual and tactile journey through the house, where a majority of the focus was on the flooring.

A combination of leather finished and mirror-polished grey Kota stone has been used with intricate patterns in the floor, to define spaces that are otherwise monochromatic. This same stone forms linear strips in the movement spaces, herringbone patterns in the formal living space, large chunks in the informal space, seamless polished surface in the kitchen, and patterns inlaid with wood in the bedrooms.

Four spots have separate flooring material to create a visual highlight. The dining has a diagonal leather finished black Kadappa and the private lounge has large pieces of the same stone. The study and the courtyards have a higher contrast with a warmer tone. The courtyard has a herringbone pattern of fire bricks while the study has a complete wooden floor.

To complement these all the bathrooms have similar intricate patterns done with other colored Indian stones. The walls and ceilings take a grey color to keep the tones monochromatic hence making the wooden furniture elements pop out. A majority of the wood used in the project is reclaimed and the walls are all finished with a lime wash. This entire palette has been chosen keeping locally available materials in mind.

The study was originally a large passage and a terrace next to it, so half its roof is done from scratch in metal. This allowed for the curved ceiling to open up towards the morning light. The study is imagined as a wooden box, making it one of the warmest spaces in the house. The aim was to create a feeling of entering into a den, which is isolated from everything else.

All the exterior spaces have a similar tone to them as the interiors. There are 4 sit out spaces other than the gym. The wooden jacuzzi deck, a grey Kota stone verandah outside the formal seating and a similarly finished terrace outside the master bedroom, and finally, a larger sit-out near the courtyard finished with brown Kota stone. The gym and the entry are finished with the black Kadappa The large entry walls are not just an aesthetic choice but also hide a lot of the services in them.