Satish Shah

This 5 bedroom house with a built up area of about 8500 Sft is located in Panduranga nagar.

The brief called for a family friendly home with 5 bedrooms, an open feel to all living spaces, little formality, a good natural light and a strong connection to outdoor living spaces.

The main entrance double heights strongly emphasizes the horizontally of the courtyard, to the right of the entry and verticality of the 2 flight of stairs, in front. These stairs link the primary living spaces below to the main bed room on the upper level, which is isolated from the noisy living areas by a pathway. The central outdoor area provides a private living space with a water body and garden. The bridge which connects the bedroom & family in first floor overlooks the dining & family below. The ample dimensions and luxurious details of the principal rooms bestow upon them an enviable elegance. The front terrace garden in second floor which opens through both family and bedroom, gives the building a strong relationship to the street scape & also it overlooks the terrace garden below in the first floor. Wooden louvers encompasses the perimeter, severing the house from its surroundings and becoming a lenient threshold.