Reuse Home
Chennai
2500 sq.ft
2022
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Aptly titled ‘The Re-Use Home’, the house is built out of salvaged bricks, reclaimed wooden logs, plumbing pipes, dated industrial equipment, and fabric scraps gathered from various sites across the country. Deviating from the norm of execution after a conceptual design is sealed, this house developed as materials were received.
Reuse Home
Aptly titled ‘The Re-Use Home’, the house is built out of salvaged bricks, reclaimed wooden logs, plumbing pipes, dated industrial equipment, and fabric scraps gathered from various sites across the country. Deviating from the norm of execution after a conceptual design is sealed, this house developed as materials were received.
Chennai
2500 sq.ft
2022
Working with the existing layout, the architects—who are also the owners of the home—ensured a sunlit, airy living and dining room with a deck overlooking a smaller garden. All the bedrooms are accessed through a small ante space off the dining room, keeping the layout fairly functional for this single-level 2000 square-feet apartment. The home is characterised by bespoke details, seen in the live-edge bench sourced from the adjacent site and a grey marble-top dining console, with fluted timber shutters complementing the flutes in their angular foyer.
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