Situated in a quiet but prime residential neighbourhood in Chennai, this bungalow for a couple and their three daughters is built with a generous vision of the future and their growing family. A private access leads one to a four storeyed building surrounded by coconut and mango trees that provide a natural limit to the structure. The home is grounded, where spaces are built to engage with the sun and the rain - a unity of the interior, landscape and the elements. 

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Each floor is centred around a shared living space, and is dedicated to different family members and different activities - from the bedrooms and functional spaces, to a home theatre, dance studio, jacuzzi, library, pooja room, office space, meditation hall and terrace dining spaces. All the shared spaces facing the front/east of the house have sweeping sliding foldable windows that open onto planters - bringing the outside inside. These plants populate the facade, climbing, hanging and growing to become a part of it. All rooms have similar openings, flooding the house with daylight and air.

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The facade is wrapped in linear brick and local granite, while the interiors are hued with lime pigmented with the leaves of the mango tree, natural stone and wood - all lending an earthy demeanour. It is also home to a collection of quintessential Indian objects and artefacts, reflecting the family’s connections to Rajasthan and love for the arts. The home is a space of no compromise - every material, every detail, and every experience has been carefully crafted and tuned to a sense of nature, culture and luxury, rooted in a quiet Indian-ness.

 

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