Old to New – Residence Renovation | UA LAB

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Old to New – Residence Renovation | UA LAB

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  • Completion year: 2017
  • Gross Built up Area: 298 Sq.m
  • Project Location: Ahmedabad
  • Country: India
  • Lead Architects/Designer: Vipuja Parmar, Krushnakant Parmar
  • Design Team: Kruti Shah, Phoolsa Engineer
  • Photo Credits: Dhrupad Shukla
  • Others: Furniture: Boxlab Design + UA LAB
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Excerpt: Old to New is a residence renovated by the architectural firm UA Lab by inserting envelopes around the main structure using the design language of frames. The site experiences guided the team to develop a design without compromising on the existing open spaces available to the users. For the design process the designers focused on exploring the quality of spaciousness within the existing built up than creating larger spaces. The team tried to open the inner spaces of the house towards the outer garden. This helped in establishing stronger relationships with the outside green and get in more light and air.

Project Description

[Text as submitted by Architect] The residential project had very similar demands as any house extension project. The clients wanted larger spaces to meet the present and future requirements. Our first few experiences on the site was with the peacocks and peahens around us under the greens. All our site experiences guided us to develop a design without compromising on the existing open spaces available to the users. For the design process we focused on exploring the quality of spaciousness within the existing built up than creating larger spaces. We tried to open the inner spaces of the house towards the outer garden. This helped in establishing stronger relationships with the outside green and get in more light and air.

Old to New - Residence Renovation | UA LAB
© Dhrupad Shukla

The old load bearing structure provided us with very less freedom to release the space. Using the design language of walls, columns and frames we tried to create envelopes around the main structure. Such that the enclosed space within, could be released in these envelopes. All the new extensions are done in expose RCC structure. The new walls and frames of beams – columns designed as envelopes, are kept open from the top. Beautiful play of light and shadows can be seen throughout the day.

Old to New - Residence Renovation | UA LAB
© Dhrupad Shukla
Old to New - Residence Renovation | UA LAB
© Dhrupad Shukla

The living room opens up entirely to the garden side. The dining area opens into veranda on the east side. On the first floor level, the rooms open up into the huge balcony space. The balcony shared between the rooms is designed as a verandah space. It opens up in the garden on one side. It becomes the most important living space for the family during the evening hours of the day. We tried to enhance the spatial quality of space through certain features like bay window in the Master bedroom area. The feature of skylight is added in the bathroom area.

Old to New - Residence Renovation | UA LAB
© Dhrupad Shukla
Old to New - Residence Renovation | UA LAB
© Dhrupad Shukla

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