Design Detail – A Sunken Living Room Sits By The Pool At This New House

August 28, 2019
Sunken Living Room Ideas - This modern house features a curved sunken living room that has amphitheater like seating made from polished concrete, and sits beside double-height doors that fold open to connect the living room with the pool and patio outside. #SunkenLivingRoom #LivingRoomIdeas #BuiltInSeating
Photography by Fabien Charuau

SAV Architecture + Design has recently completed a new house in Siolim, India, and as part of the design, they created a sunken living room.

The curved living space with its amphitheater-like seating, is sunken into the polished concrete floor that surrounds it, and is designed to be in line with the level of the pool outside.

Photography by Fabien Charuau

The double height glass doors slide and fold to open connect the sunken living room with the outdoor spaces.


Photography by Fabien Charuau

At night, the sculptural lighting above the sunken lounge provides a soft glow to the seating, that includes a custom-designed couch that fits the curves of the sunken lounge.


Sunken Living Room Ideas - This modern house features a curved sunken living room that has amphitheater like seating made from polished concrete, and sits beside double-height doors that fold open to connect the living room with the pool and patio outside. #SunkenLivingRoom #LivingRoomIdeas #BuiltInSeating
Photography by Fabien Charuau | Lead Architects, Interior Designers and Landscape Design: SAV Architecture + Design | Design team: Amita Kulkarni, Anna Musychak, Mario Olmos, Dhrumil Mehta, Vikrant Tike | Developers: Kriss RE | Civil Contractor: Unitech Concrete Technologies | Furniture contractor: SAV Architecture + Design

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Sunken Living Room Ideas - This modern house features a curved sunken living room that has amphitheater like seating made from polished concrete, and sits beside double-height doors that fold open to connect the living room with the pool and patio outside. #SunkenLivingRoom #LivingRoomIdeas #BuiltInSeating