CHAABI House / SYSTEM Architects + EKNC

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Textual content description supplied by the architects. In a serene surroundings, located simply on the outskirts of Dhaka metropolis with proximity to the river Shitalakha, the design was meant for the residence of a household. With its transitional layers of indoor-outdoor areas, the residence affords beneficiant spreads of filtered daylight glazing by the interiors. It meant for individuals to search for the unknown and ask from the unknown. Therefore, the residence was named CHAABI, that means wanting one thing in Bengali.

The circulation of the home’s perform expresses openness and nature. Whereas the primary entrance acts in direction of welcoming visitors, different entrances are crafting the openness and mixing with the encircling nature. On the bottom ground are bedrooms, a house theatre, a eating room, a swimming pool, a health club, a visitor room, a kitchen and a employees room. The water physique beside the lounge is open to the sky, and the south opening provides the view of nature with the calmness of the south wind. The water physique beside the home has a straight connection to the home. The slender walkway on the sting of the water physique takes to a big open house, giving the sensation of going from a small house to a big house.

A collection of light-filled stairways present a visible reference to the panorama and emulate strolling by the inexperienced grass as one passes between areas.

On the primary ground, there’s an intimate household space the place rain might be relished and a door that opens to the out of doors space the place one can sit and cherish the rain. In addition to that, a visitor room, kitchenette, and a protracted hall result in varied areas, such because the household lounge, the place there’s a house known as address-desk. It is an elevated picket stage with three microphones to offer speech. Then there are a number of bedrooms and a lecture room. The main bedroom is particularly celebrated with a stair connecting it to the open discipline.

The bed room over a contoured land was positioned thoughtfully as a courtesy to the one daughter of Mr.  & Mrs. Mahbubul Alam.

Using supplies displays the structure of the residence. Portraying an iconic however delicate use of concrete for partitions and ceilings and Mahogany wooden for doors-windows reveals the supplies’ versatility to their fullest. Using glasses with no grills permits to enter filtered glazing daylight. Matte tiles have been utilized in flooring, giving a delicate end.

The design of the residence included a number of emotions-provoking components. One in all these is reminiscence traps. These have been positioned within the floor the place ambient oblique mild comes from. They saved memorabilia of their mother and father and grandparents there to recollect and treasure them.

The design meant for individuals to search for peace and tranquility and be in sync with the environment. This delicate incorporation offers the customers with bodily and psychological connections with nature. The dialogue of the undertaking got here to some extent the place the entire thing appeared like a poem. That assured the shopper sufficient to say, “You write, and I’ll interpret it in my means.”