Urdhva, concept sketch
Architecture, Residential · Surat

Urdhva

Clean white volumes rising around a warm brick spine.

The project

Bright, cubic volumes split by an exposed-brick spine and crowned by a rooftop pavilion.

On a 6,600 sq ft corner plot, the house stacks large-format panel volumes in white and soft grey, cut through by a full-height exposed-brick spine that grounds the composition. Planted balconies step across the façade and a rooftop pavilion with a spiral stair catches the sky.

The single warm brick element, part solid and part jaali, anchors the pale façade and glows like a lantern at the entrance. Planned to Vastu and built to breathe: cavity walls temper heat and sound, stack ventilation and open planning move air through the section, and a water-conservation tank and solar-ready roof carry the house toward self-sufficiency.

Type
Residential
Site area
6,600 sq ft
Levels
G + 2 & terrace
Stage
Design Visualisation

Principal Designer Bhavin Swami · Senior Architect Akshat Mehta

Concept

The conceptual idea.

From programmatic volumes to a resolved play of white masses, brick screens and a carved core.

Urdhva massing study, programmatic volumes
Programmatic volumes
Urdhva massing study, stacked and shifted
Stacked & shifted
Urdhva massing study, the carved core
A carved core
Urdhva massing study, brick screens introduced
Brick screens
Urdhva massing study, the resolved form
The resolved form

Drawings

The plan, floor by floor.

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Urdhva ground floor plan
Ground floor
Urdhva first floor plan
First floor
Urdhva second floor plan
Second floor
Urdhva terrace floor plan
Terrace floor

Visualisation

3D Elevation.

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Urdhva, entrance elevation
Urdhva, street elevation

The approach

Built to breathe.

  • Vastu-guided planning
  • Raw, exposed & natural materials
  • Daylight through the day
  • Cavity walls, heat & sound
  • Open planning
  • Stack ventilation
  • Generous green areas
  • Water conservation tank
  • Solar-ready roof

Accommodation

A home across three levels.

Ground
  • Formal & informal living
  • Mandir
  • Kitchen, store & utility
  • Dining space
  • Bedroom & att. toilet
  • Landscape parking
First
  • Living room
  • Bedroom & att. toilet
Second
  • Bedroom & att. toilet
  • Terrace & rooftop pavilion

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