Artist Designs A Modern House Inside An Enormous Ancient Rock

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Architectural designer Amey Kandalgaonkar took inspiration from the rock-cut tomb architecture of Saudi Arabia’s Mada’in Saleh in the creation of his “house inside a rock.” He spent a large amount of time working on the shape and form of the rock before he designs the modern house.

“Considering the visual complexity of the rocks at Mada’in Saleh, it was imperative to use simple planes and cubes in order to achieve a visual balance,” Kandalgaonkar said according to Designboom. “I started out creating the rock in 3D software which in itself was a sculpting process. Later when inserting the house into this rock, I tried to keep its visual impact from eye level as minimum as possible and only when observed from a birds eye, the real extent of the intervention is revealed.”

The overall form of the modern design is revealed in an aerial view of the gigantic rock. The rough texture of the rock was juxtaposed with the smooth surface of the concrete, giving a complex visual contrast of the old versus the new.

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