Shivam by Yuuga Designs

Shivam happened in 7.5 cent plot at Malappuram. The plot is situated near to an old illam (traditional Kerala mansion) and an old temple. When they visited the plot, they liked the area and the first visual came in the mind was a minimalistic, rustic and tropical villa with traditional Kerala material like mudd brick facades, terracotta roofing with wooden openings. But unfortunately, clients have exact opposite requirement and ideas for their home. They want a very modern outlook with flat roof and white walls. They are very open to interior ideas but only with large living and common areas. As per client requirement they need at least 60% of the build up area for the living spaces, and 3 bedrooms and other usual requirements with maximum ventilation and an elegant interior. So, they decided to combine their initial thoughts and client’s ideas together to make a home with modern exterior that blend with traditional inspired interiors but in all the details they try to keep it minimal.

When they design a contemporary flat roofed building in Kerala the main challenge was the climate in Kerala, they have monsoon that exceeds almost over 6 months and now a days at summer the heat will rise up to 42*. So, if they build with locally sourced material like laterite and concrete slabs, there’s always chance for leakage issues and high heat in indoor spaces. So, they designed exterior in a two layered roofing system. The first layer was casted in concrete slabs and a second layer with sandwich sheets. This help to prevent high heat in summer seasons also water issues in monsoon and also helps to give a modern outlook to exterior.  In interior, their team always like to do something that connected to the traditional homes in Kerala. So, they choose the furniture styling from their traditions. The mix of black stone flooring, and concrete finishes whiter walls with wooden furniture give a character to the large open living areas that connected to green landscapes and courtyard like prayer space.