Cabin Home / Taliesyn Design & Structure

Cabin Home / Taliesyn Design & Structure

Textual content description offered by the architects. Catapulted from an inclination to retreat from city realities, The Cabin Home swiftly transforms the pre-pandemic notion of our dwellings. Embracing a quiet reflection of contemporary way of life and vernacular nuances, the design for the 349 sqm (3800 sqft) plot has been developed from a easy transient of experiencing nature at shut quarters. Nestled within the lush greenery of South Bangalore, resides the one-bedroom weekend dwelling for a household of three. One is straight away greeted by the massive foliage of the jackfruit and mango timber, the place the oblong dwelling sits alongside the East-West axis. The bottom ground punctuates the inflexible partitions on the longer facet to embody 5m (18ft) pivoted doorways on both facet to blur the boundaries between the panorama and the residence. 

The structure of The Cabin Home attracts inspiration from easy types and native bearings. The inside of the oblong quantity is damaged effortlessly right into a double-height dwelling, eating, and kitchen with a mezzanine ground on one finish to accommodate the main bedroom. Earthy tones all through the dwelling evoke the setting solar, while the starkness of the cement and heat tones of the furnishings supply the required depth. Under the mezzanine is the washroom that encompasses a solid in-situ island-concrete basin overlooking the panorama and a full-sized walk-in closet. 

Influenced by the encompassing old-Bangalore properties, design components that date again to vernacular properties are fused with the residence’s minimal design language – the place areas turned alternatives for conversations. On an identical notice, the principle staircase of the home resulting in the mezzanine serves a twin objective – facilitates motion and lends alternatives for casual seating nooks like a katte so as to add components of playfulness.

Guided by a cabin home’s compactness and verdant nature, diverse design components are interwoven with a recent method. An prolonged part from the principle staircase-landing morphs right into a built-in seating that wraps across the whole size of the eating house.

The hierarchy of areas sensitively addresses privateness by means of variations in ranges and mushy obstacles of the panorama. As an illustration, a horizontal opening within the washroom permits the consumer to always have nature on the horizon whereas providing the required privateness by means of its placement. Liberal quantity shifts within the interiors from 5m ceilings within the dwelling and eating, dynamically contrasts the 3m ceiling in the main bedroom with a bay window area of interest overlooking the foliage of timber. 

The panorama round is sculpted to imbibe nature into the dwelling; it additionally options a big gazebo that retains in thoughts the consumer’s requirement to conduct small gatherings. The outstanding mixture of neutrals breaks even with lustrous terracotta that weaves all through the complete dwelling. The cynosure of the design – highlighted in terracotta purple shade – is the archway that melds into the principle staircase and additional extends out to a seater. 

The solidness of the massive concrete roof is rendered light-weight by means of the introduction of wood louvers and glass panes, permitting pure gentle to filter into the interiors. Inferring the katte design, the window sill on the outside is lowered to ask individuals to sit down by the window and benefit from the view of the massive backyard in entrance. Whereas the exteriors exude boldness in kind and performance, the general construction is perceived to be grounded in nature, with little or no distinction between the boundaries of the 2.