Off The Grid Apartment DOT
Completed in 2023 in Surat, India. Images by Nikhil Patel, Ishita Sitwala. The lift halts on the 11th floor, a softly lit entrance foyer, recessed to create a welcoming feel with a bright artwork ...
Excerpt: Off-the-Grid by DOT explores a spatial narrative shaped by curved, fair-finished concrete and solid wooden planes. The apartment layout remains unaltered, allowing natural light to flow with no inserts touching the peripheral walls or ceiling. Exposed slabs, terrazzo floors, and modulating levels create variation in scale, while wood adds warmth. The house reads as minimal, consistent ...
Crafting Tranquility
The Off The Grid Apartment by DOT Architects is a testament to thoughtful design and meticulous craftsmanship. With its seamless integration of indoor and outdoor spaces, abundance of natural light, and tranquil ambiance, the apartment offers a harmonious living environment that fosters relaxation and rejuvenation.
Introduction DOT presents the renovation of Off The Grid Apartment , located in Surat, India. Led by architects Krishna Mistry and Anand Jariwala, this project redefines contemporary living through thoughtful design and meticulous craftsmanship.
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The given of the apartment is left unaltered, with no inserts either touching the peripheral walls or the ceiling, to let the natural light flow in the space, leaving no dark corners in the house. The maximum available height is used by leaving the concrete ceiling exposed with its beam grid juxtaposed with the planes resting on the floor. The solidity of concrete and wooden planes further ...
The lift halts on the 11th floor, a softly lit entrance foyer, recessed to create a welcoming feel with a bright artwork against a neutral grey wall contrast...
Off The Grid Apartment DOT
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DOT's Off-the-Grid home embraces minimalism — a sustainable retreat designed with exposed concrete, wood, and simplicity.
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Projects Stay off-the-grid while enjoying top-tier city views from this avant-garde penthouse in Surat 'Off-the-grid' designed by DOT negates and negotiates with the given space in a more inventive way to bring forth latent relationships between the outside and the inside and enhance the performance of space with abundant light, air and ventilation.
DOT's decision to work with cast-in-situ concrete, handmade IPS walls, and solid teak as the entire material vocabulary is a deliberate rejection of that formula. The apartment's quality comes from form and light, not from surface treatment, and that distinction matters in a market saturated with decorative excess.