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#7, SOUTHLANDS

SQUAREWORKS
INDIA

© Fabien Charuau

PROJECT DETAILS:

Official Name of the Project: #7, Southlands Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Design Development: 2016 October – 2017 March Construction Period: 2017 March – 2018 March Architects/ Designers: SquareWorks LLP Design Team: Katsushi Goto, Khushboo Vyas Collaborators: Apartment / www.apartment.gr.jp Contractors: Nirmaan (Mainak Mushruwala, Husein Khakoo) Gross Area of Project: 300 sq.m Project management: Project Makers (Jitendra Jadav) Photographer: Fabien Charuau Product List Sanitary Fittings: TOTO Handmade Ceramic Tiles: Yogesh Mahida White Goods Appliances: Sub-Zero, Siemens Geyser: Clage Air Conditioner: Mitsubishi Electric

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#7, Southlands is an integrative endeavour aiming to rejuvenate an old 1930 Art-Deco apartment in Mumbai, to accommodate the postulated requirements of a modern-day multiuser collective. The project intends to celebrate the inherent quintessence of a sangfroid ‘Bombay-ish’ precedent with distinct incorporation of consciously designed alterations. Its spatial system has been revitalized to cater functionality, which extends beyond the domesticity of an erstwhile household, assimilating further to reflect an untypical dynamic space that performs in more than several ways.

Brief
Like older apartments, #7, Southlands too, was a typical Art-Deco setup involving multiple rooms structured to facilitate conventional domesticity of an Indian household. The brief posited dynamic multifunctional spaces which served different purposes from time to time, and yet involved preservation of its iconic attributes. This approach called for a conscious restoration proposal which not only would anew the lost charm of a 300 sq.m 3BHK colonial apartment but also addresses the multi-user specifics of a neoteric residential workspace, where
Living room functions as a multidisciplinary workplace with      multiple users
Dining Hall converts into a gallery or exhibition space.
Emphasis on contrasting static v/s dynamic elements - achieved by a      studio- space which is rearrangeable and playful as opposed to beds and      storage which portray permanence and stillness.
Clear segregation of service core from master spaces.