B-99 House Design by DADA and Partners
B-99 House is a project form DADA and partners. This cool house plan is located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. House building with three floors inside are well designed using house design program. This house design structure is calculated with house design software. The style of this house design is minimalist design with simple cubical shape and simple decoration. Minimalist style from this house is quite strong from its exterior and interior design. Whats interesting point here is the use of diagonal stainless steel for support the upper floor, exactly in the terrace. This stainless steel also become exterior decoration.
The architects divide this house into 3 floors. The upper floors is being used for living areas and the basement they use for their studio.
DADA and partners said that the house incorporates hierarchy of zones with formal living spaces in front and private areas at the back. The bedrooms and toilets are in the rear along the north south axis while the drawing, living and kitchen areas are grouped together in the front arranged along a linear east-west axis forming the spine of the house. The courtyard that forms center of the house faces south and is overlooked by living and bedroom areas on the ground and first floors. Adjacent to the courtyard is a steel staircase connecting the upper floors. On the ground and first floors, rooms at front and rear are connected by ‘bridge-like’ spaces that run along the courtyard. Also running in parallel is a two feet deep wall that at places acts as a shading device for large windows or incorporates built-in timber benches overlooking the open courts.
Courtyards have been an inherent design feature of Indian architecture serving as a climate modifier, a social gathering space and are referred to as ‘Brahmasthana’ (sacred center) of a house. Architects have used this idea and organized the functions around the central courtyard on both floors. There are a series of smaller courts/ voids punctuated on all levels bringing in light and ventilation to the spaces and serving as lungs of the house and simultaneously providing views out from every room. The cross-section through the courtyard illustrates this idea with the ‘benching’ form towards the north creating south facing courts on upper levels as well.
