Being the birth place and sacred hometown of the family, in Kutch ? Gujarat, Mandvi holds a special place in the hearts of the clients.

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Architects: SPASM Design Architects

Location: Mandvi Rural, Gujarat, India

Design Team: Sangeeta Merchant, Mansoor Kudalkar, Anish Shetty, Vishal Patel, Sanjeev Panjabi

Area: 240.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah & Ira Gosalia

Contractors : Mohammad Chaki

Engineers: Deepak Soni

Loose Furniture : Crafters

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From the architect. Being the birth place and sacred hometown of the family, in Kutch ? Gujarat, Mandvi holds a special place in the hearts of the clients.
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SPASM was already working on another project for the clients hence understanding the needs of the family was easy. Located in the inner city of Mandvi with very narrow streets, with hardly any view around, the house was visualised as an introverted object drawing light mainly from the sky. 

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Traditionally the houses in Mandvi have been built of load bearing walls and timber. The choice to build out of a concrete frame was made due to seismic reasons. The studio visited many homes in the neigh...