Who doesn’t love a skylight .well, almost all except me .The
concept is fine with me but not the construction of it .This dude’s
villa had not one which is normal …but four...rather abnormal isn’t it .My question
is ….if he wanted a piece of sky all the time why doesn’t he live in a b….d
tent or a roadside pipe .why in a two crore villa open to the skies .
As per my TL the creative head of the team …we were
constructing it to give it a unique look
(the sky light I mean …and for gods sakes…how unique can u make a skylight of a
toilet look ? ….The question was rhetorical .The expression of my TL s face
told it all ..Madam , he said in his ponderous way …there are many ways to do
it …check the net and you’ll see. The sigh that followed his speech gave the
impression of a person forced to explain the theory of relativity to a mentally
retarded person. Ignorance being bliss …I dutifully ignored it , acting
dumb is a trick I ve adapted years back
….Pretty useful in times like these……Pulling a paper he started sketching …… a design of the grill
for the b….d sky lights .It was ornate and intricate . He so liked to sketch these intricate designs and then shove it on us to
make it concrete …..u know what I mean ..Now my question for the day is
…umpteen number of grill workers and umpteen number of designs floating around .One look at the sky light
…..they would get the whole thing
executed in a jiffy ….plain simple
uncomplicated common sense ..folks
…..well that would leave us interior designers jobless …(..hmmmmm… food for
thought .)..The design was drawn ,measured, scaled ,caddied and printed and now for fitting them into slots…The
openings left for sky lights .Each trial made us trim the design ..a little
here and a little there till it lost
some of its intricacy and resembled an upright roach . Viewing our
handiwork the question flew out of my
mouth before I cud stop it “Are these to
be seen from a helicopter”.(I just could not visualize
people walking in and looking up to admire the sky light design unless there was an arrow pointing upwards in all the 3 toilets and the foyer inviting
them to to do so ….hence the question .My TL sported a pained expression of a person tried beyond his endurance and was speechless
for once……
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