PATTERN IN CHAOS

Haveli in a Mumbai apartment is quite unbelievable!

We all know Haveli, as huge private mansions where traditional elements and unique architecture blends into the lifestyle of the family with a grandiose decor style. Materials, textures, colours, forms and objects distinctly dovetail together to represent the definite characteristic of the bygone era. Today I will talk about an example which has imbibed a set of characteristics that subtly represent the Haveli personality.

#Patterned Flooring

Patterned floors, especially made from stone and marble are a unique feature of the Haveli style. It can be essentially replicated with ceramic tiles. This floor space of over a 3000 sq ft of foot print is designed in an eclectic combination of colourful ceramic tiles and natural river washed limestone. The understated richness weaves a design of timeless elegance where old world charm meets new world functionality.

# Elevational vintage niches

Courtyards highlighting the good earth feel, used as sit outs for the family to mingle, forms the heart of the Haveli. In the apartment, this element has been adapted in the form of balcony sit outs, with well designed niches, to keep to the traditional essence thus enhancing the ethos of regal heritage.

#Woodwork and Ceramic infuse in kitchen styling

Today doing a modular kitchen is at the back of the palm of any designer but the aim here was to reinvent heritage design elements and integrate them to the overall aesthetics of the design story. Mix of ceramic tiles have been used in the splash back of the kitchen to render a colour pop. A half moon island dressed in a mosaic of ceramic tiles, created with a keen detail to each tile layout, adds an impeccable balance between exercising restrain and profusion. Ample amount of woodwork with simplified ornate, arched, patterns associate successfully with the Haveli endeavors.

#More Woodwork

Engraved dark wood whisk very well with the Haveli style with ornate doors, carved furniture and pillars that influence a deep set design print of patterned woodwork. In this style there is absolutely no shying away from wood work. Refurbished teakwood, restored antique wooden louvre doors and windows, has retained the woodwork essence in this apartment and it has been cleverly used in the form of simplified lattice work too.

# Vintage vibrant metals

Warm metals such as brass and copper are used as accents in a lot of Havelis. They are used as hardware on doors, furniture or in lamps and accessories. This smart styling has been well adapted in this modern Haveli apartment design by adding modish brass handles to lend a special flavour to the vintage theme.

#Earthy patterning

The colour schemes of Havelis vary from bright dominating hues to earthy tones. In this design the many hues of turquoise, to its cousin colours of navy blue, green and yellow, paired with neutrals lend an earthy flavour to the whole apartment. Creative wash basins have been custom made with individual artwork to imbibe the classical, antique art look thus adding a fine-drawn earthy nuance to the entire scheme of design.

Haveli style is exuberant, rich, intricate and cozy. It is best to re-interpret a hint of traditional Indian with contemporary pairing to whip up a covetable style that generously lets you warm up in luxury and timeless elegance.

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You could write to us at teamatpatterninchaos@gmail.com if you need any further help in designing your Haveli apartment.

This design that I have shared with you is the integrated work of Anu Tandon, Shalini Dhawan, Jaya Peter. You can see more of their work on https://www.facebook.com/TheRetyrementPlan/?fref=ts and https://www.facebook.com/LivinArt.in/?fref=ts

Living in Mumbai I often hear my friends say they don't have enough room for outdoor plants and how they miss having landscaped, breathing pockets in their homes. So I decided to look around a bit and figured out a few examples, that can inspire the garden craving heart, to work around an open space and create a landscape experience up in the air.

# A Roof-Top garden with an organic flow on the 8th floor of a high rise building.
This Roof-top garden is a cosy get together space with a natural flow, ferro-crete arched roof with mosaic and exterior grade textured paint on the walls. This roofed verandah is designed with a lawn and drooping creepers at the edges. It fosters seating niches, a lotus pond and a barbecue place looking up into the sky encouraging a feel of luxury and comfort.

# A Modern Terrace Garden in vertical Mumbai.
This graceful and inviting terrace garden is designed with the space divided into three parts with an element of sprite that encourages socialising and relaxed conversations. The large temple tree facilitates the division into that of the entrance, the deck area with rough slate flooring, the terrace with planters thus extending to become the pivotal landscape feature. It is beautifully used to relax in the day time and party at night with mood lighting and landscaped ambience.

#Mediterranean Roof-Top garden
A landscape designed for leisure, peace and quiet, like a retreat within the busy metropolis. Lush biblical greenery, a living waterbody with fish, bog-plants, steps fringed with lillies to dip the feet in and bubbling gurgles from the bamboo pipe makes this a garden of delight. Intense waterproofing in three different layers has been critically used to avoid leakage. Hollow sandstone flooring, grass growing in the crevices, open to sky shower and a few trees framing the view of the house helps to achieve the feel of a garden touching the sea.

As the garden grows, so does the gardner...To start off with creating your private green life on your terrace or balcony, watch out for the sunlight pattern, the indirect light, the wind directions, light weight plants and local waterproofing solutions. Make a mental note of how you would like to use the space, how you would like to dress it up and you are good to go.

An urban gardening is a mix of design, entertaining, leisure and the indulgence of a green life within the metropolitan fabric. So however big or small, with the open space that you have, you could make good a lovely hanging garden in the sky.

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You could write to us at teamatpatterninchaos@gmail.com if you need any further help in designing your green life. If you want to know more about the responsive designs that I have shared with you, log onto http://thewhiteroom.co.in/ to chat with Ar. Nitin Barchha.
Hope you would soon take the step forward to walk the green mile :-).

As I dig into the world of creativity and comb through maze of upcoming talents, I find many a Howard Roark, working relentlessly with the sole focus of creating stimulating works of art.

Recently I was quite delighted to discover the works of 'Concept Art' who deal in original 3D art forms and large scale murals. This is an art studio run by the artist duo Mahesh Jagtap and Aarti Badamikar. They are both alumni of Sir JJ School of Arts and Aarti has further pursued her masters at NID. Their concept of a 3D mural designed out of E waste, for the Hinduja office space in Bangalore, grabbed my interest and was pleasantly surprised when I landed at their workshop. Apart from the duo a collaborative team of talented artists were sweating out, argon-welding stainless steel spheres with slender pipes, to meet with their deadline of a commissioned work named 'Connecting the Dots' for the same corporate house.

Unique to their dedication to art and constant aspiration to be not labelled as mass producer of artworks, the team works towards diverse innovative art forms. Gigantic murals is one of their forte. One of their pioneering mural work is, the larger than life, tropical themed mosaic at the IBNII Spa resort in Coorg, Karnataka. Mosiac tiles were meticulously cut according to form and colour blending was conducted for the chiaroscuro effect that added dimension to the elements. Not only was attention paid to colour but tile placement was done creatively to achieve the scatter of the sun-rays and the ripple of the water body. Another remarkable mosaic is a human portrait that has been attained with the perfection of skin tone and face cut bringing out the cohesive whole in the art form.

The team with eclectic energy loves to take in challenges of all facets of art. Their exploration and creative spectrum ranges from paintings, sculptures murals and installations. This has just been their beginning and they do not want to restrain their horizon. They want to add to their artistic skills experimental space decor, ingenious design-gifting, art restoration and even unusual art material. A peak into some of their innovatory work can set the pace to imagine what this bunch of art enthusiasts can achieve with the apt opportunity to display their zest.

It goes without saying that the creative exuberance at the art studio has a buoyant vivacity which is infectious and entices you to join in the studio fun. Having fun while we work is their motto as they ready themselves to every creative challenge that gets their adrenaline shooting.

I sign off today with a smile for having met such effervescent artists and hope that only the sky will be the limit for these creative dynamites.

Note
If you want to know more about this art team you would want to log onto http://www.conceptart.in

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