By Marina
Correa
Photography:
Tejas Shah; Courtesy Dipen Gada & Associates
Ar. Dipen Gada’s Vadodara-based Tree House
project reinstates his signature style, where bold yet minimalist design forms
the hallmark. The house gets its name from a tree motif that lies at the crux
of its composition.
The motif makes a statuesque presence on the
virgin white façade through a cement sheet cut-out and gets subtler as it
weaves its way into the living room and bedrooms via a jet spray on the wall, brass
leaf cut-outs on side tables, water jet on the headboard, embroidery on
cushions, and the like.
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“The main constraint we faced was incorporating a
4BHK home with entrance foyer, terrace garden and boutique in a tight plot of
2,950 sq ft,” says Gada. An intelligent juxtaposition of horizontal and
vertical spaces have led to this seamless inside-outside equation planned as
per vaastu and climatic conditions.
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Clean straight lines and minimalism is reflected
in the overall design blueprint, where although the structural mass
communicates solidity, numerous finely crafted fenestrations ensure naturally
lit interiors. Using the traditional jali
in a more contemporary manner, complemented by cut-outs that filter natural
light into the interiors, an element of ethnicity is introduced into the modern
structure.
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Drawing a parallel, I am reminded of Austrian-American
sculptor Erwin Hauer, whose creations take on different forms with the
incidence of the sun. Here, a liberal use of skylights, pergolas, tree-motif
fenestrations, veneered motif partitions, lamp cut-outs ensures a constant play
of light that affects material, texture and spatial comprehensions, suffusing
the home with a dramatic overture that makes the simple interiors appear grand.
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Further, use of antique elements like an
heirloom brass vessel with an antique spout in the balcony or rustic looking
tiles juxtaposed against highly polished William Italian marble dado in one of
the bathrooms immediately break away from the symmetry.
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Overall, the home is an exercise in comfortable
contemporary spaces, up-to-the-minute in terms of standard, quality and style
yet seeped in timeless appeal; a warmth that makes materials into home.
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Truely a Dipen Gada signature style and design, best part is simple yet adorable use of all the traditional and modern materials to convert into a home,,
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