Unit 48

Architects: Ujjval Panchal + Kinny Soni

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462001, India

Project Year: 2015

Client: Mr. Jain

Structural Design: Torsion Engineers and Consultants

Lighting Design: Nirmit Jhaveri, Ikram Marie Bouhlel (Atelier Dada)

Landscape Design: Anjali Jain

Art Work: Hansil Dabhi

Automation: Connected Homes

From the architect. Unit 48The Mango Tree House, is a private residence of Mr. Jain in Bhopal-India. As the name suggest this house is built around several large 50 years old mango trees. The house consists of two major blocks connected through passages. One accommodates private areas such as living room, bedrooms, kitchen & dinning - where the other accommodates formal seating, guest room, studio, gym and swimming pool.
Mango trees were the most important elements of this site when we started thinking about designing this house. Experience of being under the large foliage of mango trees was our inspiration. We wanted to create private living spaces without compromising the feeling of being under foliage of mango trees.

Plan

This house plan is conceived as a solid wall envelope from outside giving privacy to the house. Inside this envelope all the spaces are d...