The Cool House Offers A Cool Space in Dry Climate

The Cool House by Samira Rathod Atelier stands as a refreshing shelter from Bharuch’s heat in the summer. It is a living space with a feature design that helps protect the inhabitants from the heat waves of the summer in Bharuch.

The Cool House by Samira Rathod Atelier

The intense heat in this city inspired the architect to build a sanctuary with a passive cooling system. Every inch of the house has been strategically designed to create a cool living space despite the intense heat outside. The essential rooms are flanked on each side with two courtyards to invite cooling fresh air to flood the interior. Several carefully positioned windows become the supporting entrance for air to flow inside and help minimize the extensive sunlight that reflects on the exterior.

The Cool House boasts a design that harmonizes with its environment

The house features two courtyards that provide glimpses of the sky and invite cooling breezes inside

The interior of Cool House 

The interior of Cool House 

The external walls are also designed in thick to help beat the intense heat and maintain a consistently comfortable temperature. Several special features were added to help cool the inside. A shallow waterbody in one courtyard and strategically perforated decorative elements make sure that the wind enters the house and is cooled before circulating through the space. Meanwhile, trees in the other courtyard not only provide shade but also enhance the internal space which then creates a natural oasis inside the house.

The interior of Cool House 

The interior of Cool House 

The courtyard with its perforated decorative elements

Furthermore, this house also has unique materiality one is painted in black, and the other is covered in small custom siporex bricks. Through its well-designed concept, the Cool House surprisingly can transform this place into a cool place in the middle of the intense heat breeze of the summer’s peak season. It has also become a precedent and a new standard to create a comfortable living space in a dry climate.

The Cool House