2019 Architecture Awards

BUILD 2019 Architecture Awards 14 However, the bigger challenge still, was to reinforce this structure without any access to the ground floor let alone the foundation. To build a complete 2nd floor and part floor above, without reinforcing from the foundation or the ground floor, was though possible to do, remained quite a challenge. As a result, Andy Home needed to add steel columns and beams and reinforced the building by reducing its existing weight. This, the team achieved by using ACC blocks as opposed to conventional bricks for internal partitions, excavating all old flooring, removing the compacting beneath and re-filling it with lighter weight new age materials. In fact, the two pitched roofs on the 2nd floor were given so as to not add the weight of concrete slabs and keep the stress burden within permissible limits. The rooms on all floors were reconfigured in such a way, that the team had the maximum weight distribution on the columns as opposed to off the columns for the house to stand firm for the next 50 plus years without any risk to the structure. The ground floor is owned by someone else and so, the scope of work for Andy Home, was first floor and above. The client brief was a Manhattan, New England look, which is how it all began. This was also the firm’s first complete turkey architectural, construction and interior project which made it even more important for it to be outstanding in all ways and this has been (my) Andy Home’s dream project thus far. Coming to the design board, the Andy Home team put together a few precedent images for the clients to narrow down, to then design the façade of the house. Each element of the exterior design had a purpose, a richness, and an elegance. Details needed to flow and tie-in without the house looking like a poor or contrived version of the gorgeous period it was designed around. All materials of construction were top grade – GRC, FRP, double glazed aluminium window systems powered coated to our colour of choice, et al. The interior no doubt, needed to flow with the grandeur of the exterior with every detail thought through, subtle yet rich, bold yet understated, balanced yet grand. As a result, the Andy Home team is incredibly proud of the outcome of this unique project and it proves the team’s collaborative and supportive approach to architecture and interiors is a success. A family-run business, Andy Home was created by Geetanjali Anand and Umesh Anand; siblings with a common design sensibility and passion for excellence created through artistically and painstakingly designing of spaces. Together they provide clients with the exceptional standard of solution that they have come to expect from this award-winning boutique company. Looking to the future, as its latest project has given Andy Home the foothold it needs to move into more turnkey projects, the firm is set to showcase its skills in the architecture and construction markets to an even wider range of clients. Such a drive will help the company to work on the projects it is passionate about, which include ‘Ultra Luxurious Bespoke Boutique Residences’ within a gated community conforming to the highest standards of construction quality, design and luxury.