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In today's video, we are gonna see how to 
build a spacious house in a very compact 
plot.

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This house is called the 'House of Compositions'. 
It is based in Madurai.

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Come let's get into the video.

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Hello, I am Dameem Ansari. From Ansari Architects.

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The House of Compositions is in Madurai.

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The specialty of this house is that it has 
a very compact plot around 2400 sq.ft only

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We call it as One-ground plot in Chennai.

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We have designed a very spacious house in 
that plot. If you see the interior design, 
you won't believe that this property is just 
one ground.

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Everything thinks its very spacious. I will 
explain you in detail in this video.

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For such small plots, we recommend the slit 
concept for the ground floor.

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It will be given as open space. In this house, 
we have given three car parking spaces.

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There is also a multi-purpose hall. They 
are planning it to use as a home theatre.

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There is also a spacious guest bedroom with 
an attached toilet.

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For servants to stay with their families, 
there is a servant accommodation space with 
a servant toilet and driver toilet area.

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All these facilities are located in the ground 
floor.

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So, there will be a spacious feeling when 
entering the house, as there is more open 
space on the ground floor.

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There are two stairs leading to the first 
floor. There is one on the outside, that 
directly connects

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to the hall. We have employed a very important 
trick on the stairs.

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To not make the climbing monotonous, we have 
lowered that particular portion of the first 
floor.

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That hall will be three feet lower when compared 
to the rest of the house.

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There is also another advantage with the 
stairs. You won't feel like climbing an entire 
floor.

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It seems to be like the ground floor. We 
have employed various techniques and level 
differences.

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We have also curated the steps by giving 
a landing space

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So, you would get almost the ground floor 
feeling.

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Second advantage is that, the hall seems 
to be very spacious when you enter.

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The ceiling of the hall is almost 14 feet 
in height. So, it looks like a one and half 
floor by giving a spacious look.

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This is the main attraction of this house.

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Although the plot is compact, the main reason 
that makes it look spacious is the hall.

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To achieve this, we have given that outside 
stairs.

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There is also a staircase inside.

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From the parking lobby you can easily climb 
up.

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If rainy you can't use the outside stairs. 
Also, senior citizens can use the inside 
staircase.

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There is also a lobby door. If you enter,

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You can see the lift and inside staircase. 
If you climb up

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You can reach the first-floor hall. Since 
we have lowered the height

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it is just one wind to reach the hall. It 
is also very easy to climb

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You can also see the wall decoration when 
climbing stairs from the lobby. We have used 
slaystone and concealed lighting with plant 
decorations.

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There are wooden shelves given to highlight 
that area.

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The climbing area will be interesting. When 
you enter, the hall

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is almost one and half-floor height. The 
main attraction of the hall is the TV.

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Around the TV, we have given a glass design, 
which brings in a lot of light into the hall.

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One side of the wall has a very beautiful 
design

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using shelf panneling and wooden work.

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We have made it in the silver theme by using 
decorative panels.

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We will see about the exteriors of the house.

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It has both negative and positive void spaces.

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We have also used different materials like 
fundarmax cladding, stone finishes, glasses, 
white colour walls

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Since we have used multiple compositions, 
we call this house as the 'House of Compositions'

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The voids, different materials, and complicated 
items to construct this house.

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So, it is called the 'House of Compositions'. 
The exterior of this house

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has more projectory surfaces. You can see 
a glass box projecting.

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It is actually the bedroom porch on the second 
floor. If you see on the right side

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there will be a volume of box projection. 
In the center, you have a negative void space.

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We have composed this will different materials

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so we call it house of composition. Since 
it is also a corner plot, there are many 
interesting elevations.

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On both sides, we have achieved different 
compositions using different materials.

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If you climb through these front stairs, 
you can see the beautiful Farhola design

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It is also covered with glass, which gives 
additional rain protection

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to the exterior staircase. The compound wall 
of this house has a rustic stone finishes 
and slaystone finish

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The decorative panel treatment on the side 
of the living room can also be seen on the 
ceiling in a continuous manner.

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We have created a homogenous look with it. 
If you take six steps from the hall, there 
is a dining area. This is the main level 
of the house.

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From there, you can go to the kitchen and 
a bedroom. Plus, on the front side of the 
dining, there is a study room. All these 
are of the same level.

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Although the dining room is small, it is 
so cosy and comfortable.

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On one side, you have the lift entrance.

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Usually, the lift entrance will be very narrow, 
but we have given adequate space and designed 
it with wooden paneling.

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So, there is no conjested feeling.

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Usually, home lifts are compact and only 
three people can use them at a time.

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If treated with a shaft design, you get the 
spacious feel.

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On another side of the dining hall, there 
is a washbasin setup with shelves.

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We also call it pantry counter.

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You can store the dining items in it.

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It looks beautiful to store designer utensil 
wear.

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From the dining area, there is also a beautiful 
balcony.

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There is also a way to the bedroom and kitchen.

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The kitchen door is designed using glass 
and the kitchen is styled in a contemporary 
manner.

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We have designed it beautifully using glass 
cabinets.

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White and beige is the main theme of the 
kitchen here.

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This is a caped Kitchen. The walls, floor, 
and the cabinet in-between spaces are designed 
using the temple white artificial marble.

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So, maintenance is also very easy. The large 
slabs will not have many joints. So you can 
easily clean it.

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The floor of this entire house is done using 
an Italian marble called Brasia Arora.

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We have exclusive marble laying teams for 
this.

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If you see after laying, you cannot even 
find the joints.

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These are also called the Tampered joints. 
Even if you sit and examine, you can't find 
the joints. It will be a seamless appearance.

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The Brusia Arora is not a normal marble and 
it won't be plain. It has interesting designs.

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So, using that as a theme, we have made interesting 
designs.

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We have incorporated many things by taking 
inspiration from the marble to suit the house

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On the first floor, there is a beautiful 
study come Puja room.

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In the study room, there is a Puja niche 
in the corner.

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The niche is set up in form of wood work 
panneling.

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It also connects the ceiling. There is also 
a beautiful sitting window that is front-facing. 
It also brings a lot of light into the study 
room.

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The sitting window also has a cushioned seating 
and a storage space below.

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Another side of the study room, has the study 
table.

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This floor also has a guest bedroom.

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It has two different kind of wall papers 
overall.

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There is also a small TV unit, with a wooden 
wall treatment that goes up to the ceiling

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which drops on the opposite side to become 
a study table. That's another interesting 
finish in this room.

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The Tv unit also has a wooden panneling.

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It comes till the floor on the opposite side.

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That is another interesting feature. There 
is also an attached toilet in this room.

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For all the toilets of this house, we have 
used mixed materials for the finish.

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Instead of leaving it as a full wall title, 
we have also used marbles.

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Since this is also a tri-bathroom, we have 
given more wood treatment in the wall paneling 
with the beautiful niche designs.

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We have also mixed and used the titles. So 
all the toilets will look interesting like 
this.

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We have used a lot of Italian marble in the 
hall and dining area, in the L shape.

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On the wall that connects the staircase to 
the kitchen and bedroom.

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Since more people use this area, there is 
a high chance of walls getting dirty.

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So, not only for the beauty aspect, we have 
given Italian marble wall cladding for easy 
maintenance also.

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So, you do not have to paint it frequently.

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The complete wall of the staircase has the 
Italian marble cladding,

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So, it is very easy to maintain.

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This concept can also be seen in the second 
floor walls.

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So you get two advantages. It is easy to 
maintain and gives a more rich look to the 
house.

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There is a master bedroom on the second floor, 
which has many interesting features.

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These is a study niche designed as a separate 
area

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Also, there is an interesting sit-out area 
here that has a glass wall.

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From the bedroom, you can get that sit-out 
feel.

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The theme of this bedroom is in glossy black 
colour, laminate and walnut finish

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Using this we have created an interesting 
L shape corner.

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The wardrobe is also merged with this. There 
is also a glass door here

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It is like a walk-in closet.

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If you enter, there is a big slide-in wardrobe 
here.

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Behind the sliding wardrobe, there is an 
attached toilet.

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Like I said before, the major area of the 
toilet is covered by a marble finish and 
wooden treatment.

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The rain shower model is fixed here.

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The heater is also concealed in the false 
ceiling which is designed in form of a cut-out 
panel.

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There is bedroom three in this floor.

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It is designed in white decorative panel 
work.

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There is a small Tv unit with wall panneling 
going on top of the ceiling and decending 
on the opposite side.

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Behind the bed also there is a horizontal 
decorative panel.

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It matches the style of the room.

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Both the panels are in the branching style. 
Next is bedroom four. The most interesting 
bedroom in the house.

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The reason is that there is a glass box which 
you can see in the elevation.

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That glass box is present in the bedroom 
four.

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It is of complete floor to ceiling height.

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At the bottom of the glass box, we have given 
a sitting edge.

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It is finished using marble. Kids love these 
kinds of finish and lay there with a little 
cushion.

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You can sit there and read, etc. It is a 
very interesting space.

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Plus, the presence of ceiling to floor glass, 
makes the room well lit and gives a classy 
look.

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It is also in a contemporary style. There 
is a lot of light coming from the glass design.

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Since it is present on the second floor, 
there is no security problem, so we avoided 
grill usage.

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There are also one or two opening glasses 
which you can use

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for ventilation.

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That glass is a very important feature. This 
room also has an attached toilet.

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It has mixed materials, marble, wooden paneling, 
concealed lighting and many more

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On the ceiling, there is also cut-out paneling 
to conceal the heater.

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This spacious house is designed in a compact 
plot.

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and a very good example of ours. Thanks for 
watching this video.

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