H2O House

House for NA ARCHITECTS

The H20 house located in the residential urban context of Hyderabad is designed for a family of four, spreading over an area of 12500 sq ft. as the name suggests the house has indoor and outdoor water bodies which not only helps in passive cooling techniques but also soothes human senses. The novelty of the house lays in its intelligent interplay of spaces, natural design, and simple textures. The challenge was to design a climate-sensitive building in a site, which disobeyed the prime norm of the longer side facing north and south directions.

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Unique Properties

The h20 house located in the residential urban context of Hyderabad is designed for a family of four; spreading over an area of 12500 sq ft. As the name suggests the house has indoor & outdoor water bodies which not only helps in passive cooling technique, but also soothes senses.The novelty of the house lays in intelligent interplay of spaces, natural design and simple textures.the challenge was to design a climate sensitive building in a site, which disobeyed the prime norm of longer side facing north and south directions.The challenge was to deign a climatically sensitive building in a site, which disobeyed the prime norm of longer side facing north and south. Hence emphasis was laid on taking advantages of the the prevailing wind direction from south west.the house is moderately dense, and is a low rise development which makes it best suitable for climate of Hyderabad.The projecting balconies, on the northern side provides mutual shading, of the external walls, which helps to reduce the indoor temperature.the water body located in the north eastern side, helps in passive cooling and bringing down the indoor temperature, during day time.The house is zoned vertically, based on the principles of privacy and the total time spent with respect to the context of space.This allowed us to arrange the semiprivate spaces like living, drawing, kitchen on the ground floor, the first floor,houses bedrooms of the family. And the second and the terrace floor are zoned for recreational activities.Light weight fly ash bricks and thermal insulation sheet is used as masonry.This reduces the conduction of heat from exterior to interiors. Large openings are provided on the opposite walls to facilitate cross ventilation.double glazed fixed openings are accompanied by motorized blinds, which regulate the amount of light to be penetrated into the building sensing the flux levels required for the space.Surfaces exposed to the sun are coated with light colored shiny polished metal finish,to reduce heat gain by reflecting back most of the incident radiation.to make the building more efficient, solar panels are installed on the terrace that helps in meeting the energy requirements of the building.to further reduce the incident heat through terrace, generous amount of landscape is done on the terrace. This helps in decreasing the over all temperature of the house.

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Production Technology

Light weight fly ash bricks and thermal insulation sheet is used as masonry. Passive cooling techniques are adapted to further support the architectural elements in minimizing the warm temperatures of tropical climates. Thermal reflective paints are used to reflect back the incident radiation from the sun.

Design Challenge

The site has two existing old trees, which provided us a challenge in incorporating them into the plan form, by not using just as an aesthetic element but also weave space around them by providing enough room to grow further making them stay as they were before.

Project Duration

H2O house is located in an upscale region of jubilee hills in Hyderabad city.

Operation Flow

The house is zoned vertically, based on the principles of privacy and the total time spent with respect to the context of space. This allowed us to arrange the semiprivate spaces like living, drawing, kitchen on the ground floor, the first floor,houses bedrooms of the family. And the second and the terrace floor are zoned for recreational activities. These vertically stacked zones benefit from the lush green landscaping done in the front offset of the site.

Research

The central concept of the residence was to reflect the personality of the family and their ideas. A charismatic home does not always incorporate complex structures or unique decoration accessory, the novelty of the residence lays in intelligent interplay of spaces natural design and simple textures.

Inspiration

The core concept while laying out the spaces of the house was to provide maximum natural light. Allowing it to blend with other elements of nature are the green pockets and a water body inside the house.the water body located in the north eastern side, helps in evaporation cooling and bringing down the indoor temperature during day time. Light weight fly ash bricks and thermal insulation sheet is used as masonry which reduces the conduction of heat from exterior to interior.

Project Overview

H2O House House has been a Silver winner in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design award category in the year 2019 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Image Credits

For design images and photos please credit Niroop Kumar Reddy Nallari.

Silver Recognition

Niroop Kumar Reddy Nallari was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2020, a testament to excellence of their work H2O House House.

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