11 House

11 house can be truly known as the dream house to our client. A vision that he held for years to come and finally caught on with the right team and visionaries on board. As a client he gave us a completed free hand to do anything through the plot.
Natural light, ventilation and comfortable Luxury was a priority among their requirements.

Client name: Mrs and Mr Pandian
Location: Saligramam, Chennai
Plot Size: 60×40 – 2400 SQFT
Design Team: FOAID Designs & Collaborations
Date of Completion: April 2024
Design head: Ekta Agarwal & Parul Agarwal VK

Keeping Minimal set backs creating light wells on all sides, the building is flanked by large windows and long balconies on the North and west sides allowing good light into the household.
This modern household has multiple congregation spaces on each floor with a large open kitchen on the ground floor.

The ground floor also holds a small studio apartment, a very new concept for the mother of the house, who has her own space within this family residence, including an open kitchen with living room and a separate entry for her personal guests. A formal living room opens out into a double height courtyard used as a “chai point” during the mornings and evenings. A thoughtfully curated fountain acts as the main axis view point from the main entry to the house.

As we move to the first floor, the interior is an amalgamation of the entire family’s impressions and wishes curated for each room. The common living is a cozy space where the family of 5 can sit and enjoy the west light filtered through a jali wall created for maximum privacy for the family. The master bedroom spans out into a double room with a large walk-in with a custom gold frame with fluted glass sliding partition that allows privacy when required. The bathroom is cladded with one of the finest marble, that was a quick buy on one look just to ensure the vision for a no – cuts and edges bathroom. Specialized with curved corners, grooves in marble and coves for indirect light accentuate the marble details while creating the perfect drama from this master bedroom.

The two daughters being complete opposites of each other wanted completed contrasting designed rooms that allows their identity to be exhibited by the room. The elder daughter has a very natural and composed personality, which inspired us to get a nature centric room as a concept. Giving the room a very rustic appeal with green accents and life-like artworks that brings in the outside green balcony right into her room with the birds, floral art and arrangements inside the room. The most unique feature to this room was the partition that was designed as a personal dresser for this growing teenager, so that she could dress herself with a private make up cabinet.

The younger daughter’s room was more modern and curvy as that would tune her sharp and intelligent personality. She was obsessed with this room, that before the handover itself decided to move into her private space. The room was envisioned as a play of art on furniture, as each furniture is curated specifically for this room. As the partition between the wardrobe and bed area, we went for a feature study table right in the center of the room. As there is a large window opening into the front balcony, natural light was used as a key, reducing the artificial source of lighting here. The bed panel was designed so that this source of light would be sufficient for maximum times while inhabiting the room.

Binding all these rooms together is a center corridor that was looked at as a piece of art depiction. From the flooring, cabinet and walls, everything has an art that brings about the perception of an art gallery. The flooring itself was an element that took about a month to get executed, as the intricate marble inlay connecting the corridor, to the living room, foyer and master room was intended as a visual link to one another.

The above floor houses the room for the son, which we kept very subtle giving him the option to renovate in the future. Also the home theater was one such where the furniture was essential to make a class apart. As the flooring was something new in the form of SPC with a unique pattern, we decided to go with an exquisite teak wood chinese tea table in the center of the room, which acts as a perfect space for intimate discussion or meet and greets at the home. The client loved to entertain his friends and family in this house, making this as a perfect spot opening out to a large balcony. The home theater has all motorized controlled leather plush seating where the experience for the 3 children of the house should be no less than a mini PVR itself.

The Terrace makes room for a private covered automated cabbana and a private barbeque area. Since the residents have moved into the house, the rains in Chennai have been non stop, which makes this terrace of full use. The entire cabbana was customized from China including the customized cane furniture that was all designed and executed for this specific zone on the terrace. In fact all the artifacts, carpets and even some of the landscape has been picked and sourced from China directly during our 7 days long travel with the client.

One of the most important features of this project is that all the in-built furniture were executed in the clients furniture factory itself, which was so seamlessly integrated with our designs and imagination, that together we were able to create the magic for this ambition – 11 House.