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HKS House by SDeG

Architecture

2017

Photographer : Shamanth Patil Photography

HKS house is located uphill in a quiet residential neighborhood in Visakhapatnam. The owners wanted a home with clearly delineated private spaces for the family, and a separate block to host guests and events. The building is therefore conceived as two programmed volumes held together by a bridge-corridor, landscaped courts, and shaded terraces.  

At the ground level, the owners can park, meet visitors at a home-office and organize shows at the gallery. Guests are either led up to an entry stairway to the verandah, or towards the north lawns for a celebration. The northern volume also holds a formal living room, a covered deck for brunches and whirlpool bath-lounge, for the children and their guests. The eastern court and bridge together form the pivot of the home. It is both open and enclosed, and offers varying degrees of interaction between the private and public areas of the building. The bridges (on first and second floor) are capped with a large coffered floor that forms a façade recess, causing a low pressure zone, forcing the north easterlies through the core of the house. 

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Architects : SDeG
Area : 14,682 sq. ft.
Year : 2017
Website : https://www.instagram.com/sdeg__/

Exterior view of HKS House by SDeG


Living room of HKS House by SDeG

The second volume includes five large bedrooms along the southern edge, all reaching out to either capture views or winds from the Bay of Bengal. On level one, the old and young meet in the family lounge and western deck. This block also includes a double-height formal dining room, kitchens, utility spaces and staff accommodation.

HKS house has deep overhangs, thick edges and wrap around greens, intended to keep a large internal volume as cool as possible. The exterior faces are rendered in smooth white and granular grey (cement plaster panels); mild textures to attenuate the effects of saline air and coal dust from the port nearby. 


Vestibule connecting the dining and foyer of HKS House by SDeG


Double height court of HKS House by SDeG


Eastern Court of HKS House by SDeG


Eastern Court of HKS House by SDeG


Staircase of HKS House by SDeG


Passage to lift lobby and Staircase of HKS House by SDeG


Passage to lift lobby and Staircase of HKS House by SDeG


Driveway of HKS House by SDeG


Entrance of HKS House by SDeG


Ground Floor Plan of HKS House by SDeG


First Floor Plan of HKS House by SDeG


Second floor plan of HKS House by SDeG


Third floor plan of HKS House by SDeG


Section of HKS House by SDeG



Tags
house
architecture
interior design
residential architecture
residential interiors
2017
10000 to 20000 sq.ft
india
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