DIRUBHAI AMBANI

MEMORIAL HOUSE
GUJARAT,INDIA
DHIRUBHAI AMBANI MEMORIAL HOUSE, CHORWAD
LOCATION : CHORWAD , GUJARAT , INDIA
DESIGN FIRM : AMITABH TEOTIA DESIGNS
CONSULTANTS : ABHIKRAM
• The Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial
House is the ancestral home of the
late businessman and
entrepreneur who revolutionized
the Indian textile market and
founded the Reliance group.

• The site is run by the Dhirubhai

Ambani Foundation and the
landscape design and restoration
was lead by Amitabh Teaotia
Designs whilst the building
restoration was conducted by
Abhikram a leading restorative
architectural company.
• The building is approximately 100 years old
and the biggest issues were dealing with the
historical restoration in a way that was true
to the original house design.
• The site is split into two parts with one being
for private use where Kokilaben Ambani still
visits.
• The other area is open to the public and thus
has a separate entry and exit point.
• The garden itself is further divided into 1
public garden and 2 private areas – a
courtyard and a coconut palm grove.
MASTER PLAN
• The private courtyard has been restored to its
former glory with some additional features that
help recreate the original grandeur of the estate
and gardens.

• All of the original trees were kept, nursed back to

health and are now maintained alongside the
newly planted flowering shrubs and hedges.

• Originally the courtyard would have been fully

paved with just the trees for practical purposes
but the site has now been turned into a
restorative and peaceful environment fitting of a
memorial with the main central feature being a
Mughal style fountain which fitted with the style
of the building (see arch and balusters).
• The coconut palm grove are all original trees
and are complemented by the recreation of the
existing pathway which was just a dirt path
prior to the restoration.

• In order to make the site both user friendly and

to add elegance and style to the ground plane
we have created a mughal influenced red
mandana stone pathway complete with rill and
a series of lotus pod inspired fountains.
• The rill was inspired by the original pathway
being divided by a small stream to allow for
irrigation of the palms and so this idea of a
thin stream of running water was brought
forward and recreated as both a reference to
the past and an inclusive design feature tying
both ends of the estate together.
• This area is of particular interest at
night where the fountains are uplit
and the palm trunks give an
architectural balance and
atmosphere to the area.

• At the end of the pathway is a newly

created gazebo where one can relax
and have lunch or tea beneath the
shade of the grove and enjoy the
cooling atmosphere.
• All of the original walls and plants were salvaged and
restored and some walls were left as they are such as
the entry to the private palm grove where you can see
the original walls that are now covered in climbing
plants and you can even see the hanging nests of the
Baya Weaverbird.
THANK YOU

ANJALI T S
USHA A M
MAHESH KUMAR
CHIDANAND MURTHY