Three Trees House is a private residence located in New Delhi, India.It was designed by DADA & Partners and covers an area of 17,000 square feet.
Three Trees House by DADA & Partners:
“Set
on a verdant land parcel dotted with large mature trees, the Three
Trees House house is nestled -much like a fork- between three large
trees. The premise for choosing to situate the building amidst the trees
was to preserve the existing trees while enjoying the natural setting
in close proximity of the habitable areas.
The house is conceived as an
assembly of two fairly rectangular blocks, the east facing front block
and west facing rear one. Both are connected by a narrow, transparent,
staircase block. The largest tree of the three, a flowering Kachnar
(bauhinia), becomes the centerpiece of the courtyard space. The shaded
north facing courtyard is further animated with different rooms fronting
onto it along with the large overhang canopies providing constant play
of light and shade. As experienced from within the house, this space
brings an enhanced sense of openness inside and also unfolds constantly
changing views of the outdoors, as well as the building, as one moves
around the house and vertically between different levels of the house.
The
front or east block has the public functions such as the entry lobby,
drawing room, dinning, and bar all of which face the large front lawn as
well as the relatively intimate courtyard. The rear block has a large
double height family living room which opens out to the courtyard and
the pool deck and two bedrooms facing the rear lawn. The upper level has
four bedroom, puja room, and a lounge area for the family to gather.
The gym and sauna pavilion sits just across the swimming pool, along the
Northern face of the property, and squares-off the sense of enclosure
around the courtyard.
One
of the the clients needs was of a large and lofty formal drawing room
spilling out to a garden. This resulted in a three side open, 20 feet
tall, lantern like space framing views to the picturesque front lawn on
the east and the eventful pool-side on the west side.
Within
this lush almost ambrosial setting, the predominantly hard and
monolithic landscape design creates a deliberate experiential
counterpoint. The building facade also becomes part of this setting,
especially at the ground-plane level where, every so often, large
vertically furrowed stone-clad panel walls frame the open space expanse.
The
expansive and largely untouched front and rear lawns are anchored by
couple of anachronous ficus trees that act as generous foreground for
the house. It is the courtyard with its orchestrated reflective pool,
infinity-edged swimming pool, and floating wooden decks which engages
with the mostly transparent, folding threshold of the house
.”
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