With its gray roof house design, the Cezara Holiday Home stands as an architectural homage to climate responsiveness amidst the urban landscape of Hyderabad. Designed to harmonize with the surrounding trees and foliage, Cezara is a testament to green living. Thus allowing nature to influence its form and layout. The house follows the natural order set by the neem and mango trees, integrating with them to create a seamless connection with the environment.
Editor’s Note: “With a labyrinth of open spaces and courtyards, this abode embraces green living, letting nature shape its form and layout. The harmonious blend of brick and concrete integrates seamlessly with the surrounding environment, creating a sanctuary where ecological principles and creative endeavors converge. Symbiotic planning with the swimming pool and lush landscape enhances the serene and comfortable aura of the space.” ~Simran Khare
This Gray Roof House Stands as an Architectural Homage to Climate Responsiveness | KUN Studio
The residence is a maze of open spaces and courtyards, emphasizing a communal living concept. The design ethos is aimed to achieve a construction that appears simple and primal. It is akin to placing a large block of scooped stone atop a stack of bricks.
The walls serve as fragments of loosely defined rooms. Thus supporting a large monolithic roof that adapts to various functions of the rooms below. Public areas, intended as hubs of collective living, feature larger volumes than private quarters.
The light grey roof acts as a backdrop for the tree canopies, highlighting their presence. The inverted beams and hidden columns inside hollow brick walls offer expansive views of the monolithic roof resting on large brick walls, creating different planes perpendicular to each other. The central swimming pool reflects the trees and captures the sunlight as it filters through the leaves.
At KUN Studio, our design philosophy is rooted in the pursuit of beauty and the acknowledgment of the symbiotic relationship between artificial and natural habitats. While a symbiotic relationship helps environments flourish, temporary dysbiosis is inevitable with any new intervention.
Thus, a contextual understanding of the site becomes crucial, transcending physical and visual aspects to embrace the anecdotal and local, blurring the boundaries between the built and natural worlds.
The building’s fabric is a blend of exposed brick and concrete, selected for their low environmental impact and natural insulating properties, enhancing the holiday home’s climate responsiveness.
Strategic openings and orientation allow Cezara to harness natural light and ventilation, reducing its dependence on artificial energy sources.
Envisioned as a versatile event venue and film set, Cezara anticipates future needs, offering a space where ecological principles and creative pursuits converge.
It stands as a testament to climate-conscious design, weaving built and unbuilt spaces into a home that embraces its verdant heritage and shapes a legacy of spatial design and environmental stewardship within its walls.
Fact FileDesigned by: KUN Studio
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Cezara Holiday Home
Location: Hyderabad
Year Built: 2023
Project Size: 5920.15 Sq.ft
Principal Architects: Arya Kaushik, Saagar Tulshan & Shreyansh Sett
Photograph Courtesy: Sanjay Borra
Structural Designers: ASA Global
Contracting: Minute Engineering
Source: ArchDaily
Firm’s Website Link: KUN Studio
Firm’s Instagram Link: KUN Studio
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