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  • This Industrial Home Design Is Inspired By Riverfront Childhood Memories | DesignLoom Architects

    The project is situated in a riverine area at Aluva in the state of Kerala, where an industrial home design has been envisioned for a Non-Residential-Indian family that visits their homeland annually. The location of the site holds special meaning to our client, who grew up in a riverfront house at the banks of Periyar. The location is reminiscent of his childhood memories.

    Editor’s Note: Rooted in memory and crafted for reunion, this riverine retreat blends industrial poise with heartfelt warmth. Sunlit courtyards and flowing spaces echo a life once lived and now lovingly reimagined. A home where nostalgia meets modern ease inviting moments of pause and quiet celebration. ~Isha Bora

    This Industrial Home Design Is Inspired By Riverfront Childhood Memories | DesignLoom Architects

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    Design Concept

    The project earned the nickname ‘Transformer House’ owing to its semi-pre-fab nature of construction. It blends sharp industrial features with soft, free-flowing spaces. As a result, the home offers a thoughtful combination of voluminous and intimate areas for the client.

    industrial home design

    They envisioned their house to entertain and host the many relatives and friends who visit. This meant a spacious living, dining and kitchen.

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    The living space opens up to a private outdoor patio where the family holds barbecue parties. The dining space opens up to a semi-open courtyard, with a glass ceiling and vertical perforations.

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    The occupants often enjoy a quiet morning and evening tea in this sunlit space. A sliding window visibly connects the courtyard to the kitchen.

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    industrial home design

    Volume of the Space

    The voluminous space with a high ceiling, clerestory windows, and skylights contrast the more private, cosy, intimate spaces.

    This three-bedroom residence has a multipurpose upper living that is used as a TV room, workout space and can also be converted to bedroom space by using the convertible sofa.

    Color & Material Palette

    Ample storage spaces were an essential aspect of the design brief. The colour palette used includes warm tones of terracotta, with cool tones of cement finish grey, steel and glass against a neutral white. The black granite and kadappa stone finish provides a balancing contrast to the cool tones.

    The design incorporates clay jali walls, double heights, and perforated sky-lit courtyards to achieve uninterrupted airflow and ample natural light, responding to Kerala’s coastal humidity and rising temperatures.

    The staircase acts as the core of light and ventilation by providing additional air movement by discharging the rising hot air through a wind-powered industrial revolving ventilator.

    Openings and Perforations

    The design carefully places these openings and perforations on the east side, allowing morning rays to fill the building. These aspects have reduced the need for electric lights during the day and any need for air conditioning.

    The use of prefabricated 12 x 3-meter glass fibre reinforced gypsum panels (GFRG) for the walls, with its vertical ribs filled with concrete, insulates the interior space from the heat outside.

    The gypsum used in the manufacturing of the panels is an industrial by-product that otherwise ended up in landfills polluting the environment.

    These innovative panels are a better insulator to heat than conventional wall materials like brick and concrete blocks. the smooth and straight wall surface achieved by GFRG panels allowed for avoiding plastering of walls.

    Using the GFRG panels for walls, the superstructure was completed in 100 days, saving time and cost.  Collectively, the design vocabulary and construction material ensure considerable temperature reduction inside the building and adequate lighting and ventilation throughout.

    Fact File

    Designed by: DesignLoom Architects 

    Project Type: Residential Architecture Design

    Project Name: Transformer house

    Location: Aluva, Kerala. India

    Year Built: 2022

    Duration of the project:  2 Years

    Built-up Area: 3000 Sq.ft

    Principal Architects: Ar. Mithun O Raghavan & Ar. Meghna Anilkumar

    Photograph Courtesy: Running Studios

    Contractors: Shellarc / GFRG constructions

    Products / Materials / Vendors: Wallcovering / Cladding – cement texture, stone finish walls. Construction Materials – Column Footing & Frame Structure + GFRG panels / Sanitaryware – CERA Windows – Teak,, Anjili Wood, Aluminium windows / Furniture – various, handmade / Flooring – Johnson / Kajaria / Kitchen – Hettich / Trojan Ply /Merino Lam / Paint – Asian Paints / Artefacts – various / Wallpaper – various Hardware – various

    Firm’s Website Link: DesignLoom Architects

    Firm’s Instagram Link: DesignLoom Architects

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