YINJISPACE use media professional’s unique perspective,try to explore the essence of life behind the design works.
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YINJISPACE use media professional’s unique perspective,try to explore the essence of life behind the design works.
© 粤ICP备19077098号
The 5,000 sq ft home is arranged along the gentle contours of the half-acre site and enjoys spectacular views over neighbouring reserve forests as well as over (and beyond) the army cantonment at Wellington. To blend into the tea estate within which it is located, the original tea bushes on the plot have been preserved wherever possible.
The house has been designed keeping in mind both multi-generational families as well as nuclear families or individuals who enjoy hosting guests. It is accessed through massive teak doors that open onto a double-height entrance lobby. It is spread across three generous levels and public and private spaces are thoughtfully segregated.
Residents enter through the middle level, which contains the main public and entertainment spaces as well as the kitchen and utility spaces. From the entrance lobby, a delicate staircase under an enormous and striking skylight leads to the upper level which contains the primary private spaces.
The warm and inviting interiors have been designed by Soumya Keshavan, principal of the AD-100 design firm Souk. She has created a contemporary space that thoughtfully references the architecture as well as the surrounding landscape.
Her approach ensured that the architecture and interiors were in playful dialogue, this is exemplified by her choice of artwork for the walls. Award-winning photographer Bharath Ramamrutham was commissioned to capture a series of photographs of the house as well as the surrounding landscape and views. These photographs were then lightly edited and large-scale prints in a range of mediums and textures made sure that they did justice to the expansive white walls.
Overall, the architecture as well as the interiors and the landscape are committed to a ‘less is more’ aesthetic that is both contemporary and timeless. This is interpreted not as a sterile minimalism but a warm and sensitive sensibility that is pared down to the extent that it directs attention to the stunning landscape and views rather than to itself. Even the driveway is paved with specially designed blocks that leave space for grass rather than creating an impermeable seal over the earth.
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