Houses | South City Residence
The issue of privacy and independence was tackled with a different approach to the modern Indian family; two identical houses were designed which were joined together through balconies and a common compound area.
​6450 SF
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2019
Traditionally, the Indian family system has been associated with that of a joint family; in recent times, that has changed with each unit that is a part of the joint setup developing a specific requirement of space and privacy. The client brief necessitated a house for two brothers, on two adjoining plots.
The problem was tackled with a different approach to the modern Indian family; two identical houses were designed which were joined together through balconies and a common compound area. This gave the two brothers independent houses to project their vision and maintain a connection between both spaces at the same time. With a unified facade, the two houses end up looking one. Open spaces and connection with nature has been incorporated at varied levels with two gardens in the front and back of the house. A take on modern Indian joint family living space, Twin house sets a precedent for Indian homes today.
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Houses | Urban Noire
While the location in which the project sits may be classified as suburban, the immediate context of it is undeniably urban. Situated close to the Yamuna, a river that forms a natural boundary between the capital city of Delhi and Noida, it forms a part of planned and plotted development, conceived as little as three decades ago, yet rapidly transforming into a city in its own right.
Location: Sector 15, Noida
Typology: Houses
Area: 2960 sq. ft
Principal Architect: Amit Khanna




With an elevated rail transit station at the rear, the surrounding building density rivals indigenous developments forming agglomerations that tend to be much higher than what urban planners espouse.
The owners approached us with a divergent brief. The house had to accommodate multiple generations of a growing family that wanted a unified living experience, but needed their individual spaces to reflect their own unique characteristics.This evolving brief created the parti for the building - a series of stacked plans that follow the same footprint, but have dramatically different layouts.Enveloping the floor plates is a facade that reflects these disparities - the materials change from one floor to the next, as does the nature of the shaded spaces. The building sits on a narrow street and the response is the make the entrance and parking feel like an extension of the ground plane. An automated garage shutter occupies most of the width of the property, a nod to the family's love of cars.
Inside, a pristine space is designed almost as a shrine to the automobile, with dark floors offset by white walls and ceilings, crisscrossed with strip lighting. The main living floor, suspended over the parking, is designed as a pavilion with glazing at either end. Not only does this enable cross ventilation, it also visually expands the space, belying the actual dimensions of the space. Upper floors recede from public to private, from the old to the young, housing multiple bedrooms with markedly varying characteristics. The terrace is intended to be used to entertain and rejuvenate, letting the eye travel over the urban landscape.



