The entrance greets the visitors with its cascading play of muted exposed concrete against discoloured kota stone, wood, warm terracotta, and brass. The entrance foyer in concrete and terracotta Image: Ishita Sitwala, The Fishy Project Finally, the confluence of both lines is where the entrance leads to the water tank, which is adjoined to the edifice and liberates itself from the attachments as separate yet synonymous with the site. Along with the engineer, the team discovered complex systems for the cantilevered tank, which included numerous revisions, eventually complying with the idea of raising other volumes to reiterate the brief. "In our initial composition, the idiosyncrasies of the water tank were the only elements that emerged from its boundary walls, hinting at an architectural iconography that separates it from its surroundings," he explains. The curved line ends in the nine-meter-long water tank that is jutted above the building. "I drew inspiration from the architect of Auroville, Roger Anger, who advocated 'implied tension' between two opposite ideas that come together to create the tension," reflects Shah. The first drawing reveals a continuous curved line that covers the dynamic and a static line towards the corners that separates itself from the curve line. "How do I create a footprint of 2,137 sqm that has no elevation?" This initiated conversations about transitional spaces dividing private and public areas. Here, the inspiration came from Corbusier and his paintings with imperfect curves. The site is arranged in a floor plan emulating a grand piano, with two curved and static boundaries, each of which opens up to fleeting entrances. Rising from the ground, the meticulously designed building is a masterful execution of geological longevity. This underlined the humble personality of the owner, which is eventually reflected in the building too.”ĭrone shot of the project close-up and the surrounding farmlands Video: Ishita Sitwala, The Fishy Project Building the bedrock Then came a crisper brief, which Shah relays, “The client explained that he has a private and public life and that we can work with a connecting kitchen and four to five rooms. "I was completely shattered," recalls Shah. After working relentlessly for three months on the drawings, Shah received dismissive feedback. Having grown up in the remote village of Himmatnagar, the client sought a retirement home that would bring him back to his roots. The 2,137 sqm residential design was commissioned with a vague brief that outlined a regular home-four bedrooms, a combined living and dining area, a kitchen, and subsidiary spaces.
Shah, native to the land, was well versed in its scenography and the site of the building, which is nestled within four-acre verdant farmlands punctuated with fruit orchards.
Dialling the clock back on his temporary sabbatical, Shah speaks to STIR about a 10-year-long expansive residential project dubbed 'Enclosure' that championed its scale through trajectories of time, and even a pandemic.ĭrone shot of expansive four-acre land that Enclosure lies on Video: Ishita Sitwala, The Fishy ProjectĮmerging from a context of expanded scenography, the peerless residence commands attention-in scale, form, and materiality. From grasping the eloquence of Satyajeet Ray's 1995 classic Pather Panchali to dissecting emotions through Hindustani classical musical ragas, Shah turns to assorted mediums of artistic expression for inspiration. "In my work, I apply knowledge that always moves in the direction of the abstract," he says. While Shah doesn't subscribe to any particular style, upon insistence, he settles for 'non-conformist'. "My instructors recommended that I go on an observational voyage since they believed that architecture is a juxtaposition of numerous creative mediums such as literature, music, and cinema," says Veeram, who is the principal architect of the Ahmedabad-based multi-disciplinary studio in Gujarat. Influenced by modernist architecture and architects alike, Shah derived his primal creative influence from industry titans such as Le Corbusier, BV Doshi, and Girish Doshi.
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Veeram Shah discovered architecture as a means of eschewing engineering, the latter a conspicuous professional choice at the time. But is that even possible? 'Enclosure' is an attempt at answering that question. Centuries later, Indian architect Veeram Shah of Design ni Dukaan, inspired by that philosophy, took upon the task of incorporating the paradoxical elements from the formless divine into a project of minimalist architecture, where the visual narrative can only be discernible from within. Nirbhay - Nirgun (fearless and formless), said the poet-sage Kabir in 15 th century in some of his most seminal songs of devotion.
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