Located in Noida The Electic Home is a 5 BHK private residence covering an area of 7500 sq.ft. The scope involved the refurbishment of 4800 Sqft spread across two levels – The Ground Floor which includes the Living, Dining, Kitchen, and 2 Bedrooms; and the First Floor with 3 Bedrooms,  Study, and Mandir. 

The brief demanded a clean design solution enriched with all touch points of modern family living. A space that’s a whistling myriad of medleys - equal parts luxe, fun and warm. The world can sometimes be a crucible, and at the end of the day one comes home to refocus their senses inward. As such, the client asked the Architects “Can you fill this void expanse with energy and soul to make it feel like home for all of us?” That’s where the concept of Harmony in Autonomy came about. 

Advocate Sanjeev Sharma, wanted his family home reconfigured to exhibit a gamut of the residents’ design taste and inclinations – while maintaining neutrality in an overall luxurious aesthetic. The palette had to be curated with restraint to work around the existing beige marble flooring in the house. Having a shared penchant for a modern contemporary dwelling, the residents supported the idea of an avant-garde approach. The intent was to maximize utility and efficiency in each space while making sure that it remains true to its end users.

This 5 BHK residence has been envisioned to feed directly into nurturing relations within it, aspiring for collective bliss around the domestic space. 

The architects disavowed sticking to a singular theme in favor of adopting a forward-thinking approach where each space within the home could quite literally be designed from the end user’s perspective, ensuring that individuality takes precedence and is not lost in the pursuit of a singular shared character for the entire residence. The different spaces are thus distinctly autonomous drawing from the end user’s personality, inclination and taste – so each private space feels like an extension of one’s own unique personal style. 

The outcome is an eclectic design solution that advocates Harmony in Autonomy – ‘cause what is a family home after all, if not an ecosystem for many diverse personalities to thrive together. 

Formulation of space identities was heavily dependent on understanding each resident’s preferences, to craft an experience holding pleasant sensory value for all.   

This understanding eventually encouraged the designers to draw inspiration from an array of styles ranging from mid-century to minimal to classic to modern glam, thus conceiving an eclectic solution that stresses the notion of play in everyday life. Being representative of the home’s core identity, the guest lounge and living area flaunts this eclecticism with a hint of art deco flair. Natural stones like Black Marquina Marble, Grey Khareda Sandstone and White Statuario Quartz have been extensively used throughout the home in varying forms, volumes and dexterous avant-garde details. Of course, the muted hues of natural stones offer neutrality to enable a harmonious blending of disparate styles, but it’s their inherent glam and upscale attributes, that help define an opulent lineage and posh character for the home. Across spaces, another binding note is the interplay of layered shapes, sleek angular geometry and graceful sweeping curves, seen in everything from the stone detailing in walls to furniture and lighting components, to statement pieces. Most furniture pieces in the residence have been custom designed and manufactured in-house. Ornamentation has been challenged and approached in contemporary ways to be intrinsic rather than superficial.  The idea was to employ state-of-the-art techniques that help showcase the versatility, nature and class of the materials being used. Different spaces in the home carry unique personalities but reflect attributes of simplicity and experimental inquisitive nature. 

The project creates a narration of many unique sensibilities, traversing a broad length on the spectrum of design styles, that join together like a mosaic to create something new and exciting. From a placid palette in one space to rustic hues of woody browns in another, to a refreshing splash of imperial blues and cardinal reds in yet another, this home is underpinned by a cohesive weaving of discrete characters.  

   

At its core, this family home is an avant-garde production – one where pronounced materiality and sophisticated detailing techniques take centre stage to achieve a luxe aesthetic; one that carries a rich endearing quirk with heaps of simplicity, one that has a fairly comprehensive yet balanced impact.