Aavenue 48
The reimagining of a mid-century family mansion as a modern retail space for home furnishings and accessories involved the conversion of an existing cellular plan of individual rooms into one flowing space for retail. Towards this end, the flooring is visualised as a continuous surface of concrete that is punctuated by a meandering pattern of repeating diamonds,
created in white Indian marble that visually connect one space to the other. The ceilings are adorned with scallops of jute ropes laid out to connect one room to another. The bare, painted exposed brick walls and black line detailing are a neutral backdrop for the more ornamental artefacts that are on display.
Location
Entally in Kolkata, West Bengal
Area
15,000 Sqft
Project Duration
2017-2019
Team
Animesh Nayak, Anumoy Paul, Shamik Chatterjee, Bushra Bakker
Material Palette
Sponge-finished external plastered walls with decorative grooving
Exposed concrete box windows with wooden lattice screens
Vaults using reclaimed brick
Walls of smooth finished cast concrete
Pergolas of rough finished cast concrete
Leathered, flamed and polished granite paving in the corridors and courtyard
