When you design a private house, its all about drawing a potrait of your client-in this case a tribute to the parents. of the Architects’ client.
Aayi is the Marathi term for mother. Aayi is an attempt to create a timeless looking Goan home, built as a homage to the client’s parents. The project embodies the brief of being contemporary and minimalistic while being in harmony with the countryside context of the site.
The site is a corner plot bound by a village road on one side and a main road on the other wherein nestled in the top left corner of the plot, amidst a lush clump of coconut trees, lies the development. The house is a South-West facing structure with a building on the North on the neighboring property and one on the East, within the property. Aayi sits effortlessly on a fourth of the lush green farmland with its clean design weaving beautifully into its surroundings.
Since the site faces South-West, the Architects have adorned the structure with sprawling overhung verandahs, including interjecting pockets of landscape to create spaces that are breathable and breezy while also protecting the inhabitants from the torrid sun.
Further, to harmonize the structure with the buildings it is straddled by, they have played with skylit courts to create an internal micro-climate while also maintaining privacy. One of the courts forms the central node of the structure while sitting on two perpendicular axes that run through the entire space laterally thereby creating a sense of fluidity and interconnect on the inside whilst melding effortlessly with the outside. The house is a two storied structure with the ground floor comprising of three courts which represent a marriage of tradition with contemporary design. The entrance begins with the warm embrace of a traditional Tulsi court leading onto the central court which is a double-height space with a connecting bridge on the upper level, whereas the third court is a brush with nature and a more private space comprising a water body.
These three courts, running along one axis, represent a transitivity of spaces through the house as it opens-up towards the center and narrows at the ends.
• The formal living room
• The double height central court.
- The double-height multipurpose arna opens onto a deck which leads to the garden. This double bight informal living space along with the double height central court seem to form the heart of the home, connected to all spaces and being an extension to the living room, becoming a multipurpose gathering area for the inhabitants
- The sit-out outside the lining room and the waterbody.
- The dining room opens out to a patio sit-out and a small hack garden with a beautiful waterbody.
- The family area with a verandah on the upper fear.
- The master bedroom has wooden bed, fumiture & floar, The French window topped with wooden louvers filters in ampie natural light and ventilation
