17/07/2025
This contemporary house in Chennai is grounded in traditional South-Indian architecture
Diya Nahar - 11 May 2022than one purpose. The pooja room is tactfully tucked to on the East of the living room, behind a white-coloured laser-cut foldable screen. During celebrations and festivities, this screen can be opened up for the pooja space to permeate into the living space. By the same token, the family lounge pervades into a semi-open deck area which could come in handy amid social gatherings.
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INTERCONNECTION
The strategic location of the courtyard renders its association throughout the entirety of this house. While the public spaces, like the living and dining, seamlessly diffuse, the semi-private spaces, such as the family lounge and the deck, look into this light-washed courtyard. A series of shutters with vertical wooden slats encompasses the master bedroom. With these shutters furled up, this space acts as a vantage point and interacts with the deck space on a slightly lower level as well as the courtyard and living space on the floor below.
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MATERIAL PALETTE
The interiors of the house follow a minimal palette with sterile white walls and grey vitrified floor tiles. Warmth and a splash of quirk have been introduced with extensive use of wood and pops of colour in the furniture. Strategically placed paintings compliment different spaces. A local and vernacular sense of being is created by introducing the terracotta jaali and hand-plastered walls. Highlights of brass by the means of fixtures and artefacts are interpolated in the house to accentuate the interior mood board.
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