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Interior

2021

Photographer : Vibhor Yadav and Niveditaa Gupta

What was previously a dark and dingy DDA Apartment – an aggregation of tiny rooms, each unsparingly confined within blatant restricting walls; is now a delightful home that awakens senses and nurtures the soul with its sun-kissed openness and muted design tone.

This residence at Kalkaji, Delhi, is a transformed composition with ingeniously demarcated and intuitively fluid spaces. The newlywed clients, Vaibhav and Kriti (Co-Founder of a sustainable fashion brand named ‘Doodlage’) wanted to reconfigure their apartment into a cozy, functional, and well-lit space with adequate room to host gatherings. They invited Logic to envision a home that complements their dynamic personality while catering to their simplistic lifestyle as well.

The design challenge was to achieve a holistic spatial experience that’s real and pleasurable, despite a small site area, a tight budget and a structurally limiting context within a very old apartment building - the building itself being nestled amidst a cluster of many such identical lookalikes, planned to offer rudimentary shelters, far from the romantic pursuit of an original intentful abode.

This called for a highly opportunistic design approach rooted in problem-solving and thoughtful curation of the base material palette. The bare shell was reimagined to create an open plan layout via precarious structural modifications, removal of internal walls and incorporation of large windows along the periphery. Much of the original basic framework of the home was manipulated to enhance spatial volume and then used as an expressive means in design to define the character of the home.

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Architects	:	Logic Architecture + Research
Area	:	1300 sq.ft
Year	:	2021
Website	:	https://www.logic.archi/

Upon entering, one is welcomed into an adaptive spatial configuration that breaks through the monotony of restricted zones, to have a composite identity rich in textures, light, and geometry. The home derives its essence from an honest expression of the material palette, which is a concoction of raw natural materials like wood, concrete, black granite, and metal. There’s a great deal of attention to scale and psychological perception, which when put together with attentive detailing, adds a certain depth to the ambiance and creates an immersive visual impact.

The different areas within the home have a sequential relationship with one another and are seamlessly cohesive in spirit. Each element in the home- however big or small, has been intent fully designed to respect spatial constraints and serve its purpose. The partition wall for example, that divides The Living Room and The Study is definitely transitional but also multifaceted– apart from serving the privacy requisite between the two spaces through fluted glass blocks, it provides shared access to some open utility and display blocks for both spaces, while also serving as a natural light inlet for the living room devoid of windows. Likewise, The Study is majorly characterized by a single yet multifunctional monolithic furniture mass.

Replete with natural light pouring in from every face, the apartment speaks a carefree unconventional language with subtle boho accents that evoke the user’s individuality. The space contextually assumes and adapts to many different moods, manifesting a character that fosters wholesome solitude and bustling hospitality alike