"Transforming High-Rise Concepts: The Shift Towards Luxurious, Holistic Sky Villas"

On 1980, population of Surat city was between 35 lakh to 40 lakhs, as Surat offers many business opportunities migrant population and current population of Surat is about 85 Lakhs. All the migrants when they arrived their prime need was shelter. After that they have prospered so their requirement of a house has grown bigger to a lavish, luxurious residential apartment with carpet area ranging from 4000 sq ft to 5000 sq ft on a single floor where the living room is predominantly extravagantly big. Living dining / Kitchen share a single space and one bedroom on either side where Kitchen and internal movement have no privacy on a single floor inter connection between all functions one has to travel.

Now new generation with effluent money is linking much more than shelter to make life more holistic in nature. When the developer floats the scheme, the pent house is sold first with premium rate as it provides all the opportunity the same as a bungalow with one door lock security. It also allows horticulture and floriculture. So when we design the whole apartment in the line of Penthouse where we can have large living room have a free of FSI double height where in Mumbai it is connected in FSI. and large area of living room looks more lavish and on ground level Kitchen/ Dining / Bedroom and majority of Bedrooms one on upper level to have a privacy and because of double height communication is also possible.

At present in the market 4' wide balconies 30' long are provided. This does not serve the purpose of family living. If the same area extends 120'or add to Penthouse with the public area where morning and evening it will be used as family gathering and during day time drying clothes  can be enhanced by horticulture and floriculture. Which is very suitable to young home buyers as they look for holistic living so when we design the whole apartment in the line of penthouse with sufficient outdoor living with garden it is popularly known as skyvilla.This concept is widely prevailing in south India, in the city like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Coimbatore etc., even the promoters one in competition to provide more and better large space.

India being a tropical climate is very favorable to grow horticulture and floriculture except monsoon. We can enjoy 9 months of the year with growing technology, the supply of water, water provision being more advanced and the same way growing horticulture and floriculture. This concept will also support green  building sustainability. enjoy 9 months of the year with growing technology, the supply of water, water provision being more advanced and the same way growing horticulture and floriculture. This concept will also support green building
sustainability.

Looking at the present situation, it is important to realise the depleting  quality of living and make our lives more Holistic in nature.

Courtesy : Ar. Ashok Desai, Email.: ashokdesarch@yahoo.com