Siddhartha Dhakuria
Adding simple elegance to a family home
Project Details
- Category: RESIDENTAL
- Year: 2021
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
The Space
The Shah residence is an ancestral home in Juhu, Mumbai, sprawled across 6000 square feet of living space and 2000 square feet of extended space owned by a Gujarati family.
The Ask
The place had not been renovated for the last 25 years and was in dire need of it.
The ask was clear to us a few minutes into a conversation with the client – they had an extremely simple taste, and wanted the space to resonate with it; it needed to exude a similar, quietly elegant aesthetic.
The Result
As soon as we walked into the space, we were mesmerised by the sheer grandeur of the place. The house had a great volume. As a Bombay designer, you are restricted by the house area, more often than not. But at the same time, we know how to make the space feel bigger by optimising the volume. A 200 sq ft room with a low ceiling and a 200 sq ft with high ceiling gives you a completely different feeling. For the Shah residence, we had a 14 ft high ceiling which we further accentuated by building arches along with walls. This made the ceiling look even higher.
