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Cleft House by Anagram Architects

Architecture

2018

Photographer : André Jeanpierre Fanthome, Suryan and Dang

Their clients for this northwest facing residence, in Delhi, are members of 3 generation joint family. Built on a narrow 326 sqm. plot, their home faces a busy city road in a dense precinct. The design reconciles the acute lack of visual privacy on the site with their desire for an open, light-filled and convivial home that brings together their family and their friends. 

Their approach steps away from conventional circulation and spatial arrangements, typical to such plotted residences (that share party walls), by considering the built volume as a breached monolith rather than as a composition of fenestrated volumes and surface renders. Faceted and insulated stone facades protect the house from the lack of privacy to the front, and similarly the service areas, en suites and closets are planned at the rear to mitigate southern heat gain. 

The deep void carved out, bridged at the front and rear on the upper levels, creates a meandering, naturally ventilated and social courtyard at the heart of the residence, pulling in views and balconies from all the rooms of the house. It draws ample light, softened by white and wood surface renders and the rooftop glazing, deep into the basement. The cross-ventilation of the atrium, controlled by operating the windows on the bridges, can be enhanced through thermal stacking in the summer months aided by an evaporative cooler for humidification and through a wind tunnel effect during the monsoons.

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Architects : Anagram Architects
Area : 14500 sq.ft.
Year : 2018
Website : https://www.instagram.com/anagramarchitects/

Exterior of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Exterior of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Entrance of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Entrance through the converging enclosures of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Wooden Deck or Patio of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Wooden Deck or Patio of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Ceiling view of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


View of formal living from wooden deck of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Formal living of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Family Living of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Dining and Kitchen of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Mini Dining Area of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Spiral staircase of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Spiral staircase of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Spiral staircase of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Spiral staircase of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


View from Spiral staircase of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Master Bedroom at second floor of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Master Bedroom at first floor of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Kids Bedroom of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Bathroom of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Projector room of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Projector room of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Pool of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Exterior view of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Stilt of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Basement of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Ground Floor Cleft House by Anagram Architects


First Floor of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Second Floor of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Third Floor of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Section AA of Cleft House by Anagram Architects


Section BB of Cleft House by Anagram Architects



Tags
house
architecture
interior design
residential architecture
residential interiors
2018
10000 to 20000 sq.ft
india
delhi
new delhi
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