Indian studio 3dor Ideas has accomplished The Slab, a household house in Kerala that is protected against the weather by a facade of wood louvres and a big concrete roof.
Located on an elevated and uncovered website in Taliparamba, the house is designed to benefit from the views throughout the panorama whereas offering ample shade and privateness for its residents.
“Three issues have been determined within the preliminary go to,” defined 3dor Ideas.
“Utilise the stupendous views, construct a correctly shaded home from the warmth of the solar and canopy the home with layers of vegetation that may in flip convey down the temperature inside,” it continued.
Organised throughout two storeys, The Slab is wrapped by a ground-floor veranda and a balcony on the primary ground, each sheltered beneath the overhang of the house’s concrete roof.
On the bottom ground, a double-height residing and eating space will be opened as much as the backyard through sliding glass doorways, with a wall of wood shutters offering further shading to the south.
Additionally on the house’s southern facet is a grey-metal body, designed to be overgrown with climbing vegetation to supply an extra layer of local weather safety and shading.
“The distinctive and lengthy strengthened concrete roof slab is the primary design part together with giant brown wood louvred doorways masking the whole entrance facade of the home,” defined the studio.
Two bedrooms, a utility area and the kitchen are housed on the extra enclosed northeastern facet of the bottom ground, with an extra two bedrooms on the primary ground alongside a lounge area.
The interiors of The Slab have been completed predominantly with darkish wooden, with customized items of furnishings created to suit across the construction’s slender concrete columns.
“Interiors are designed in a approach that it unifies the entire construction, and the customized but minimal furnishings outrivals the interiors,” stated 3dor Ideas.
“A floating desk mounted to pillars is a conspicuous characteristic within the eating space, a creative piece within the residing space symbolises the residence and its environment, and a customized single-flight stair turns into a welcoming deal with,” it continued.
3dor Ideas was based in 2013 by architects Muhammed Jiyad CP, Ahmed Thaneem Abdul Majeed and Muhammed Naseem M.
Its earlier residential tasks embody a home in Kerela sheltered by a big roof clad in locally-sourced tiles and Home of Ayoob that’s animated by curves.
The images is by Syam Sreesylam.
