Urban Infills

Collage House

It is said that layers of settlements over time have created an undoubted richness in adaptability and natural eclectic conditions in Mumbai, India. Encompassing all the patchwork if you will, the architects shamelessly and boldly displayed this fundamental design approach in this house. Physical collage of old windows and doors from abandoned old homes express the facade of this house, creating an incredible patchwork in the inside simultaneously. The richness is even more emboldened throughout the house such as with brass inlays in polished white marble, exposed concrete faceted ceiling, steel and glass pavilion supporting solar panels that allow for incredible views.

Urban House

This elegant all white facade transforms its expression by its bright white shutters that glide along the windows. Working with the narrow constraint of this urban infill condition, the architects created non-cluttered minimal residence where walls, ceiling and wooden doors are all white with the flooring being beige vinyl to add warmth with bare decorations. Because of the deep narrow plan, the glazed stairwell is strategically used to filter sun light through the spaces.

Perforated House

Responding to the conventional terrace house, the architects aimed to create something different while still being contextual to the Victorian and Edwardian house by creating a shutter that can open and close, creating an opaque versus translucent facade, where the facade changes per the resident's choosing. Reinterpreting the conventional terrace houses, the plan is also inverted with the active living zones being on the first floor.

Carroll Gardens Townhouse

This renovation of an original 1899 Italianate style house was transformed with spacious rooms, bright sunlight filtering throughout unobstructed, with a fresh and modern flair. The kitchen, a heart of many homes boasts modern yet elegant sensibilities such as integrated sink, bespoke cabinets, and a backsplash of pietra cardosa which is a deep blue gray sandstone. In order to maintain some historical elements where they made sense, the original marble fireplace and the original stairs have been restored. To balance the modern yet calling on the original sensibility of the house, a mixture of rift cut and quarter sewn reclaimed white oak wide planks in the living areas were used, while pine floors covered the flooring in the bedrooms.

Townhouse

Sandwiched between very old typical housing of this street, this house quietly holds its white elegant disposition. Inside, the architects injected three thin slabs to create various functional spaces. The open planning of the interiors opens up to the street where there is an intimate garden with an open sky.

Urban Townhouse

Bold moves were made in this townhouse to cater to the client's needs for privacy. The elevator was replaced with a typical stair toward the street to separate the living spaces from the street to provide more privacy where it was needed. The metal facade is mostly solid with brick pattern punctures to let in sunlight in interesting vivid patterns. This striking aluminium facade also acts as rainscreen. Bookshelves are built in with window openings integrated into its proportions.