The House As Museum Of Memories
Indian Architect & Builder|August 2019

The Memory Box, Baroda, Gujarat

Sharmila Chakravorty
The House As Museum Of Memories

The Memory Box project by The Red Studio adapts to multiple spatial requirements, while also positioning the home as a space to showcase memories, artworks, and objects that hold deep, significant meaning. The architects have created an immersive environment for the client, where one is constantly surrounded by things that are beautiful, inspiring, loved, and evoke pleasant memories and positive emotions – all these aspects coming together seamlessly to make the space home.

As clichéd as it sounds, home is where the heart is. Home is where you spend most of your time; if you don’t already for whatever reason, it is perhaps where you want to spend most of your time. In many ways, especially in our Indian context, a home is symbolic of stability, prosperity and the accomplishment of having carved a niche in the world that is completely, uniquely your own. With design becoming more and more accessible, homes are now transcending the ‘typical home unit’ format, and experimenting with expression and personalities so as to truly reflect the people who inhabit the spaces.

And while this sounds as simple as connecting with an architect or interior designer, telling them what you envision your home to look like, and get what you want to be translated into a design that is you. And yet, this is an extremely complicated process. It begins with what exactly do you, as a client, want. What part of your personality should be reflected? What part of your life’s journey should your home highlight? Should the design reflect your memories or your aspirations for the future? Should it be a container for your past or an incubator of your future?

この記事は Indian Architect & Builder の August 2019 版に掲載されています。

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この記事は Indian Architect & Builder の August 2019 版に掲載されています。

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