15.1.2020
MD Apartment
MD Apartment, located centrally in Ahmedabad, is the house of a designer, designed to meet his specific requirements.
Originally a two bedroom apartment, it has been converted into a Studio. Stripping the space bare was the first stage of design. This meant removing all the partition walls, existing toilets, the kitchen and even the existing flooring. There was a conscious decision of making a space that was minimal and at the same time, tactile. So a majority of the materials chosen were done so based on how well they age.
An Exploration of Materiality and Juxtaposition of Textures
The interior takes white and grey undertones, both of which create an overarching harmony, which is then accented with highlights of wood and brass. On entering the house one experiences four different spaces demarcated by changes in material. The project is an exploration of materiality and juxtaposition of textures.
The entire flooring is polished concrete with different inlays, like wood, stone, cement tiles and brass. Leading away from the generic chic finished urban homes, a conscious choice was made to keep the ‘end product’ unfinished; to make the house an oasis in the middle of the city, similar to the natural ever-changing sense of space of a vernacular cottage.