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The Fabric Wave, A. J Architects A. J Architects Eclectic style houses
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The Fabric Wave, A. J Architects A. J Architects Eclectic style houses

The old villa on MG Road, Bangalore which is recognized as the heart of the

city, was entrusted to us to adorn a facelift.




The project centered on the client's requirement to modernize the entire

structure to characterize itself as a contemporary building. This gave the design

team an opportunity to remodel the space and aesthetics with bold vibrant and

enthusiastic skyline statement, which also reflects to an everchanging

contemporary surrounding and the Socio, cultural and economic aspirations of

the client.



The growing needs of the family invoked the design team to relocate an

extended kitchen on the South East corner of the property. The extension was

planned with wire cut burnt bricks to add the rustic contour to the façade.

This extension also formed the base for the wave shaped tensile fabric façade.

The burnt bricks and the tensile fabric mark a fusion of rustic and futuristic

façade.  



An incompatible mishmash of parametric shapes was integrated while

designing with the use of inhouse algorithms led the design team to create a 3

shelled “sweep of wind” pattern. The complexity of the parametric curved

shells, inspired the design team to work with futuristic tensile fabric owing

to the flexibility and fluidity of the fabric. The simplicity and ease of

working with fabric encouraged the team to design a minimalistic mild steel

tubular sectional frame for the creation of the façade base. This auxiliary

frame work was anchored to the RCC slab of the existing structure. 



The three shelled tensile structure acts as a turtle camouflaging the

existing structure from the harsh sun rays of the westside, which helps in

dwindling the energy consumption. The existing windows are carved in the

tensile fabric facade and allow appropriate lighting and ventilation. The

wriggle of LED lights creates a dramatical effect on the façade.

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