PATEL HOUSE
KUTCH, GUJRAT

CLIENT: BACHU PATEL | AREA: 6000 SQ.FT | TEAM: VIKESH CHHEDA, MITESH GALA, DILIP PARMAR

STATUS: COMPLETED

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE DRY REGION OF KUTCH WHERE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXTREME. THE AIM WAS TO FUSE TRADITION WITH URBANISM & PAY ATTENTION TO WAYS IN WHICH THE BUILDING FORM CAN TEMPER THE UNREMITTING HARSHNESS OF THE CLIMATE. THE BUILT FORM NEEDED TO RELATE TO ITS IMMEDIATE TRADITION & HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

THE ARCHITECTURE CONCENTRATES ON REDUCTION IN HEAT INTAKE BY DEVELOPING MAXIMUM FENESTRATIONS THROUGH SHADED COURTS & MINIMISING THEM ON SOUTH & WEST WALLS. THE WEST OF THE BUILT FORM IS STEPPED UP IN TERRACES & SHADDED BY THE PERGOLAS TO RADIATE HEAT OFF. THE BUILDING IS ENTIRELY CLAD IN DHOLPUR STONE ADITIONALLY HELPING TO AVOID HEAT INTAKE. ARCHITECTURE JAALIS ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN FRONT OF THE OPENINGS TO AID AIRFLOW BUT AVOID HEAT INTAKE. THE BUILDING HAS AN EXCELLENT CLIMATE CONTROL & IS AS SYMBOLLIC BUILT FORM REPRESENTING THE ADVENT OF URBANISM IN A RURAL VILLAGE.