{"id":1207,"date":"2025-07-27T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:10:05","slug":"studio-sangath-uses-terracotta-toned-brickwork-and-concrete-for-alloa-hills-weekend-home-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/studio-sangath-uses-terracotta-toned-brickwork-and-concrete-for-alloa-hills-weekend-home-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Sangath uses terracotta-toned brickwork and concrete for Alloa Hills Weekend Home in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indian practice Studio Sangath<\/a> has completed a sprawling villa near Ahmedabad<\/a>, using coloured concrete<\/a> and bricks to frame a “meandering” series of terraces and rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Alloa Hills Weekend Home after the nearby Alloa Hills Resort, the dwelling was designed for a couple seeking a retreat from their work in the city.<\/p>\n

Studio Sangath<\/a> organised the home as a cluster of cubic forms arranged around a central, circular courtyard. The spaces between were used to create a series of small gardens and terraces that follow the path of the sun.<\/p>\n

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The home is comprised of cubic clusters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The house doesn’t unfold in a linear way. It meanders,” the studio told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“There’s a central courtyard, that leads to a terrace which again becomes another landscape on top of the house with plinths, places to sit and pause, a platform for performance or just watch the sunrise and sunset.”<\/p>\n

“The entire house has levels and textures that make you want to sit, to linger. Nothing here is too defined. Every space leaves room for reinterpretation,” it added.<\/p>\n

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Bedrooms have been positioned to catch the light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the edges of the site, each of the villa’s en-suite bedrooms has been positioned to catch a different type of light \u2013 two to the east to catch the morning sun and one to the west looking towards the sunset.<\/p>\n

The living room sits flanked by two verandahs, onto which it opens via folding and sliding glass doors. To the north, a kitchen and dining space has access to a separate, dedicated terrace and large windows overlooking the central courtyard.<\/p>\n

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The living room has wooden doors and windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The villa sits atop a low concrete plinth that levels out the gently sloping site, creating a series of open and semi-sheltered patio spaces with steps leading down into the surrounding gardens.<\/p>\n

Atop the living areas, almost the entire roof also doubles as an additional external terrace, wrapped by a perforated brick parapet and empty sections of the concrete structure that frame views of the landscape.<\/p>\n