Park Lane Residence

We shifted the office to the top floor, so as to place the residents - our client and his four dogs - on the ground floor, where they would have a series of visual connections to the verdant lawns and pool. The entry to the house is via a meandering cobblestone pathway that leads one to a verandah. The formerly empty verandah had great potential as an outdoor entertainment space. The existing checkerboard flooring of the verandah was retained and the visual direction, material explorations, and colour palette were orchestrated around this. The existing house had small windows and felt closed off to the incredible greens beyond. The first order of business was to bring more light into the space. Walls were demolished to make room for more generous apertures, letting in soft diffused light. The verandah is populated with woven jute chairs around a circular dining table, set against cane blinds, and lit by warm octagonal pendant lights creating a cosy nook that gives a taste of the spaces to come.