IN THE NUDE

MuseLAB’s Huzefa Rangwala and Jasem Pirani have conceptualised this bachelor pad as an undraped, undisguised and unexaggerated abode

- NAMRATA TIDKE

Christened Naked by MuseLAB, the home is inspired by Philip Johnson’s Glass House with an open plan, no patterns and no colours. The use of grey vitrified floors and Asian Paints’ wall finish helps achieve its galerie de sculptures look

In the living room, IKEA’s Soderhamn sofa and Phantom Hands Easy Armchairs share space with MuseLAB’s Bloom coffee table and metallic Bent chaise. These are placed on a floor covering from Cocoon Fine Rugs

Our client’s bold vision and unconventional brief required us to envision a 1,000 sq ft bachelor pad akin to Philip Johnson’s Glass House with an open plan sans walls and doors. Essentially, we had to create a pavilion for viewing the hillock in the distance, a lucid space that offers a seamless integration with the cityscape 15 floors above the ground.

The site is a combination of a pair of one-bedroom units, each comprising a living and dining area, a kitchen and a bathroom with large windows that offer unobstructed views of the surroundings. We demolished all the walls to create a contiguous space that is further sprinkled with bare minimum furniture and in the process, we fashioned a home that is synonymous to a galerie de sculptures with absolutely no patterns or colours!