APathy House, Coimbatore Residential Building, Tamil Nadu Property, Indian Architecture, Images
APathy House in Coimbatore
Contemporary Home in Tamil Nadu, India ? design by SPA Design, architect
23 Sep 2016
APathy House
Architect: SPA Design
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
APathy House

The house, conceived for an art collector, is designed as a ?machine a regarder? colour and light, a place for meditation. In a square plot of 30mX30m, the house is a roughly a square of 20mX20m that occupies the centre. To compensate for the lack of garden depth, the plan is designed like a jigsaw puzzle piece with carved in courtyards, terrace gardens and swimming pool. The outdoor comes inside the house, bringing light to its heart. The central self-supported spiral staircase is lit for a top skylight in a transcendental light.
 
The plan is designed as a pinwheel figure. The garden level is composed of 4 rooms looking at the different orientations. The boundary wall, clad in laterite stone, collects the garden sculptures in its back drop screen, as well as an enclosed tropical garden in the centre of the city. The plan also defines the garden use from entrance side, outdoor dining, evening garden, and pool side garden, each with a different character.

The first floor is focusing on 4 screen walls that reveal the light and time of the day. Each solar orientation is enhanced with a specific colour: Yellow for morning light on the East, Red for midday light on the South, Orang...