Homestead III

View of the interiors of one of the serviced apartment.

Project Details

• Project Name: Homestead III
• Client: The Brigade Group
• Project Type: Architectural and Interior design
• Principal Designer: Praxis
• Design Team: Rajiv Majumdar, Kaushik Gowda
• Contractors, Contributors: Dreamworks, Paliath Enterprises, Hyphen Interactive, Welpac
• Date of commencement of project: January 2007
• Date of completion of project (estimated): October 2007
• Location of site: Bangalore, India
• Site Area: 50 square meters per unit
• Built-up Area: 10690 square meters total
• Cost of Construction/Execution: USD 25,000/unit

A subtle material and color palette is seen in the design.

The Project

The rapidly changing hospitality industry in Bangalore has spurred on the development of a new breed of serviced apartments. This change has primarily been in response to rapid economic growth and a severe scarcity of hotel rooms in the state capital.

This newer breed of serviced apartments seek a new clientele and target hotel-goers as well as long-term guests, by providing a richly textured, modern, boutique experience rather than a traditional "home stay" alternative.

View of the kitchen in an apartment.

The primary attempt of the designers has been to balance textures with careful accents within a rigid functional framework.

A rotating TV unit serves both the bedroom and living areas. Cool Corian surfaces are blended with laminates and the space encloses the user in a static cocoon.

Graphic images form the backdrop to the bedroom in this apartment.

All forms are rigid and grounded with horizontal grooves on the wall along the principal axis.

Large oversized, black and white visuals form a backdrop to the space.

Credits

• Text by Rajiv Majumdar, Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs by Rajiv Majumdar, Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Manish Mehta