The Making of Brick Curtain House with Watermark

Design Work Group has completed a family home in the Indian port city of Surat, which features a gently undulating brick facade that offers shade from the sun.
The building's location at the intersection of two roads informed the architects' decision to divide it into two contrasting zones - one encased in concrete and the other in brick.
"The site is a part of residential area on a corner plot approached from road on the west edge," explained the studio, which is based locally. "The layout was organised so that the private zone was at the inner side, and public zone at the front."
The more private side of the house is located at the south-west of the the site, away from the road, and comprises a kitchen, dining room and bedrooms, as well as an area for the client's staff.
By contrast, a large lounge with a terrace at either end is positioned overlooking the road, where it is joined by a carport. Opaque red brick screens extend out to afford a degree of privacy on the terraces, which are fronted with glass balustrades. But perforations in the brickwork at eye level allow the residents to peer out over the street.
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[@cubanadiense]

i'm amazed at the sustainability of all that concrete use

[@Bajaranger]

I'm not an architect but the point of dust collection and moisture passing through the wall seem like pretty good points. Plus the bricks shading themselves has to be at most very minimal. Nice looking especially with the lighting effects, but sounds like lot's of hype going on here too.

[@nagms02]

Agreed with you about dust collection , can be herculean task to clean.

[@samridhisharma9547]

Same question, is there an answer on how to control dust flow ?

[@Mranshumansinghr]

I like the house next door!

[@nivethannadanasivam8178]

By far most unique modern build in India

[@Kyoooooog]

vertical plant is good too to block sun radiation. it can shade pretty well

[@trauusa]

Thoughtful and beautiful!

[@wawazuzzy2064]

a bird puts more in a nest than anything man can do

[@mtksbctk]

I wonder how hot that living room gets in late afternoon sun

[@dineshsuthar8948]

It won't and that's why this whole exercise was done. Please view another video ruclips.net/video/BNUDZ3n87Mc/видео.html if you are interested in knowing more about it. Thanks

[@chassisblanc9480]

C’est beau cette façade !! Mais comment fait t’elle pour résister avec cette hauteur sans un chaînage ?!! Question !

[@robertbergs6848]

Dust will indeed settle and be vacuumed away.

[@Nuvocotto]

Beautiful and very interesting.

[@3dstudiosrilanka415]

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[@thebonniewong]

Love the build but the presenter can be a little less cheesy on the delivery. And lay off the animated graphics a little, focus on shots on the house! The silhouette of the family of four is totally unnecessary. These graphics are dumbing down the sophistication of the architecture. We'd love to see the interiors more!

[@mr7_studio]

Can anyone tell me what type of reinforcement were used in that huge brick wall ?

[@darkartxiii]

haha niki, let me know if you find out.

[@azansubhie9228]

the backsound so depressing

[@lucianolizana446]

the circle in the facade loks like a speaker

[@nahrululum9824]

good work

[@3dstudiosrilanka415]

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[@mr7_studio]

at 3 : 07 the reinforcement that they were talking about , can anyone tell me anything about that ?

[@abhigondaliya5612]

brick wall hai to inside me plaster nai kiya hai to water come inside?? in rain season???

[@defiantstone319]

Clear coat will be applied on the brick so that it will not get damaged or absorb water

[@steelmaxkoiupalamtirur1998]

ഗുഡ് sub

[@sudhirvlogs2502]

App ?

[@NikkoTanGoogle]

The VO sounds like a perfectly fluent narrator reading off a bad script with bad grammar, with the narrator being made to do weird pronunciations based on the client's demands. Spah-shial?

[@zayneladan1500]

Hello.

[@jkj1459]

who is the narrator is he Indian or foreigner ?

[@ujjwalsikka98]

james kutty Joseph sounds like a foreigner.

[@adityanambissan1069]

@@ujjwalsikka98 Nope. sounds like a christian mallu from kerala. :\

[@ujjwalsikka98]

@@adityanambissan1069 I don't think so, check accent

[@KilgoreTrout-vo7uy]

I'm sorry but that looks pretty bad although it sounded good in theory.

[@Zanimater]

Kilgore Trout hi there pardner

[@youbyoubalancedliving9700]

Bb

[@cityofjoy8830]

I don't like it.👎 Only for the wealthy people