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.