APARTMENT 901: RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT IN MUMBAI. (1)

Programme: Residence

Location: Mumbai 

Carpet area: 3500 sqft 

Month of commencement- Year of completion: May 2015-August 2016


BRIEF:
In Apartment 901 the client brief was simple, to convert a 5 bedroom apartment into a lavish 3 bedroom apartment, in addition to the conversion of an open terrace into an intimate den.

Clean minimal lines were requested with a muted palette.

DESIGN FEATURES:

.Our layout inserts an object – a ‘black box’, at the very entrance. An object that in addition to holding program, such as the bar, the puja room and the server, more importantly frames the entrance to the home. 

.A hand blown glass sculpture hovering above a gurgling water body held within the black box, greets the visitor to the home, directing him into the formal living area.

.While accommodating to the clients request of an enclosed den, we attempted to retain the atmosphere of being in the outdoors through elements such as wooden decking, plants in the form of a green wall and windows that open up completely, blurring the insides with the outdoors.

.Taking advantage of the existing minimal floor heights of 9 feet, through the creative usage of playing with multiple ceiling heights, we accommodated for a concealed ac system, ensuring a luxury apartment look.

CONCRETE SKYLINE!

For the last year with have being collaborating with www.intro.co.in, an online product design platform that focuses in bringing high-quality, unique and contemporary designs, that are affordable to everyone. For them, high-end design doesn't mean inaccessible, therefore they partner with new, established and upcoming Asian designers, providing a platform for open innovation and showcasing their products to the world.

Our first collaboration with them (of many more to come) is finally out and it is called Concrete Skyline, a monolithic concrete and wood range of desk accessories where we try to showcase our guiding philosophy: honesty in materiality, simplicity in form and transparency in function.

You can check it out in their website (click in any of the photos) and remember they currently there is an introductory offer for the first 50 buyers!

THE ORANGE EXTENSION AT THE WADe ASIA AWARDS & CONFERENCE 2017.

This weekend we were invited to speak at the WADe Asia Awards and Conference 2017 in Delhi. WADe ASIA is an interesting initiative that focuses in bringing visibility and recognition over the achievements of women architects and designers in Asia. The event brought together a lot of talented women of the industry and showcased their work and their careers. Speakers came from all over Asia and some interesting discussions took place regarding the challenges of practising in Asia. 

We had the opportunity of sharing with the audience our project The Orange Extension and the challenges that we experience while working with weathering steel (corten). The talk will be up on their website soon! (click in photo below for the link)

We also got to meet some old friends and make some new ones!!

ARQUITETURA COSTEIRA: AURELIA EN BRAZIL.

Aurelia is getting a lot of love all over the Globe lately. During the last couple of months it has been published across quite a few different platforms, continents and even languages. This morning we discovered that it has been published in Revista DECOR, a Brazilian architecture, design, decor and lifestyle online portal with more than 80.000 followers in Instagram! We are very humbled and gratefull that Aurelia is getting so much recognition.

Click in the photo for the link.

SHROFFLEoN IN WADe INDIA CONFERENCE & AWARDS 2017.

WADe India has invited us this weekend to participate in their 2017 Conference in Delhi. We will be giving a small talk regarding the way we use weathering steel in our work. We are very excited to be part of this exciting event and looking forward to spend the weekend surrounded by so much talent and knowledge. Big thanks to WADe ASIA!

CASA BAJO UNA PISCINA.