Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell in Dumas, India

[Celerity]

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/09/21/matharoo-associates-up-to-the-sea-concrete-home-india-residential/







A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. Nestled into a grassy site near the coast, the home sits on a stone base and was designed to merge traditional Indian design with modern architecture. The multi-generational home features accommodation for four generations of the client's family, as well as communal spaces that surround a central light-filled stairwell.









Comprising concrete blocks arranged to frame views of the surrounding landscape and nearby sea, the house wraps around a central void illuminated by a skylight. Informed by ancient Indian stairwells, the void features a series of linear staircases bordered by reflective balustrades, which wrap around the edges of the stairwell and connect to balconies on each level.





Around the stairwell, Matharoo Associates arranged a series of private living spaces to house the four generations of the family. Aiming to give each family member a private space, the studio divided the levels into separate suites, while using the staircase to maintain a degree of connection throughout the house.







“Four generations spread across eighty years each have their own set of demands, so they were given their own private domains while remaining connected,” architect Simran Goyal told Dezeen. The first floor contains a guest suite for the client's daughter and her family, while the second floor features two separate areas, including a main couple suite as well as a space for the family's son and his family.

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[Srkdqltr]

1. Those stairways are scary. No handrails. A misstep would be awful even for someone young.

I can't imagine what older folks would do even if they are still agile. Very sterile and not welcoming.

[dembotoz]

2. yeah the hand rail thing

my insurance guy would crap purple if he saw this

[Celerity]

3. Very sterile and not welcoming. + No handrails.

Very sterile and not welcoming.

It is minimalist, which I adore. People have different tastes. Welcoming is in the eye of the beholder.

No handrails.

the exterior stairs I agree should have rails

[Ocelot II]

4. Yikes, that one's just butt-ugly.

I've seen more welcoming prisons.

[Lars39]

5. Interesting, but the living room lightbulbs alone

would be a deal breaker.

[jimfields33]

6. Very cold and dreary. I feel bad for the family especially the ones who are stuck

Living there without choice.

[Srkdqltr]

7. Of course if you lived there you would be able to afford a huge staff

Just to clean all that glass. The staff can help people up and down the stairs or pick them up when they fall.

[Coventina]

8. I like it as a work of art. It's full of interesting views.

I'm not sure I'd want to live there, and I sure wouldn't buy it.

But visually it's really neat.

[beaglelover]

9. Gross. Looks like all the concrete and glass mansions the uber wealthy are building all over L.A.

Tearing down beautiful houses with character to build these cold monstrosities. Again, gross.

[Celerity]

11. nothing remotely like what you describe was torn down here, and please show me:

Looks all the concrete and glass mansions the uber wealthy are building all over L.A.

[beaglelover]

12. Good, I'm glad they didn't tear down a decent house to build that disgusting home.

Watch Million Dollar Listing LA or Selling Sunset and all the very high end homes being sold are these gross concrete and glass boxes up in the hills of Hollywood and in the flats of Brentwood, Bev Hills, Bel Air, etc. Completely ruining the landscape.

[Chainfire]

10. It would make a nice professional office building, but as a home I think it stinks.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. Brutalism Part Deux

Interesting, but not for me.