Mr. Aslam’s Residence
ATTIQAYYAM ASSOCIATES
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT: Qayyam Ullah Jan
PROJECT TYPE: Residential
LOCATION: DHA Phase II
COMPLETION: Year 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY: Rana Atif Rehman
DHA Residence, Islamabad is one of the projects done by the Attiqayyam associates with the with the one-unit residential purpose consisting of three floors. The plot gave the challenge to the architect with geometry containing angular axis on the front side. Incorporation of the client’s requirement to make the whole house one unit, the architect designed the residence with getting benefit of the broader view on front with side way entrance.
Entrance of the residence framing the view of the steel staircase designed with glass railing connecting three stories of the house is adjusted in such a way so that residence can be divide it into three-unit configuration for separate usage. The lounge on the ground floor is designed as double heighted space in front with visual connection to the first floor as passing through the wide passage leading to back bedrooms.
Entrance staircase with glass railing and wooden steps is adjusted in the black finished steel frame with the white modular designed celling of the lobby. Wooden celling designed in the central passage distinguished it from the other parts. Mixed usage of color tones with white, brown and blue in the interiors giving the diversified element to the interior theme of the house.
Exterior envelop of the residence having the rhythmic configuration of masses to adjust the volumes in foreground background and vertical manner. Front mass with angular adjustment thus gives the balances composition sideways showing the double layer character from the outside. The angular web in the window coverings breaks the rigidity of the solid structure in irregular manner.
