A Blank Canvas
Home Review|May 2017

Located in Valsad, Gujarat, this apartment is in fact a beautiful 3-dimensional blank white canvas. The Architectural firm, The Company of Design has painted this canvas with a few strokes of meticulously crafted furniture, but the progression of the final picture is left entirely in the hands of its users.

A Blank Canvas

The client, a man consumed by wanderlust, travels extensively on business. Having been exposed to many different cultures, he and his wife wished for the design of their home to be “simple, white and minimalist.” This would enable the nomadic duo to constantly refresh their palette with souvenirs and memorabilia collected from around the globe. The idea was for the house to be a mute backdrop, a subdued stage, on which their eclectic tastes could take on the role of the main cast.

The concept of the house centres on the theory of open planning. “We believe that the perception of a space changes in reference to the objects placed in it,” says the design team. Thus, the movement from one space to another is seamless. The objects take the foreground by creating notional partitions. An exquisite cohesiveness in the objects is achieved via a triangular geometry that has been incorporated in the design of the furniture pieces and doors. The cuneate module expands and contracts in accordance to the scale of the furniture.

The main door of the house gives a twist to the classic battened door, one in which said battens take on the shape of triangular fractal geometry. Enter and to the right, a wooden shoe rack facilitates the seeping of the triangles delicately into its elevation. Two antique candle holders stand tall as the guardians of the home. A transparent partition fashioned in taut yellow rope separates the foyer from the dining area to the left.

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