Shamanth Patil

RL Residence by SDeG is an Aspirational, Urban Family Home in India

Designed by Bangalore-based architecture practice SDeG, the RL Residence is a 570+sqm, 3 bedroom family home that offers generous interior spaces by making the most of a small urban lot.

The home features a ‘white and wood’ aesthetic that has clear mid century modern influences in both the material finishes as well as the furniture and decor choices. A series of large windows and recesses ‘scoop out’ a sizable portion of the building’s rectilinear volume to create what is essentially the approach facade, made up of copper laminate, steel and glass. This allows natural light penetrate deep into the home without sacrificing either privacy or security.

Project Description

RL residence occupies a 240sqm urban plot in Bengaluru. It is flanked by buildings on the East to the north and faces two streets on the west to south. This is a home designed for an entrepreneur and his family of young children, middle-aged relatives, and older family members. The brief, therefore, was to define a combination of spaces that respond to varying levels of privacy – including three bedrooms, semi-private family lounges, and multipurpose areas for entertainment and get-togethers.

These internal relationships come through in the arrangement of spaces; the North and East edges hold stairways, an elevator, service areas, and a private study, to form an almost impervious wedge towards the neighbors. Living and sleeping areas occupy the core and slide out towards the streets as cantilevered extensions. To fit in all of the clients’ requirements, the program is stacked vertically on four compact floors. The ground and rooftop levels are largely open and flexible enough for a variety of uses including games, guests, events and barbeques. A private elevator lobby on the ground level leads the family directly to the first and second levels.

To liberate the form from its programmed tautness, the home has large indents of varying heights and depths scooped off its facades. The recesses are articulated to hold windows, balconies and other connections to the outside. The palette here is in stark contrast to a mute white that drapes the rest of the building. Polished plasters, copper laminates, steel and laminated glass aggregate to form a variety of textures and effects. However, the color and character distinctions inside the home were imagined differently. A range of material tones is articulated in the interiors as subtle floor to ceiling transitions between marble, wood, glass, lacquer, and fabrics.   

You can watch more about the design and the inspiration behind it in the video below courtesy buildofy.

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