A home behind a woven veil of brick and timber jaali.
The project
On a generous 4,250 sq ft corner plot, the house lifts its living floors over a podium of parking and services and opens onto a wrap-around rooftop garden. A deep brick-and-timber jaali veils the double-height corner, filtering the Surat sun while the rooms glow warmly behind it.
Warm terracotta render plays against board-formed concrete, and vertical gardens climb the piers. Planned to Vastu and built to breathe: cavity walls temper heat and sound, stack ventilation and open planning move air through the section, and a water-conservation tank and solar-ready roof carry the house toward self-sufficiency.
Principal Designer Bhavin Swami · Senior Architect Akshat Mehta
Concept
The plan is set to its plot, opening the living spaces to the light while the double-height jaali screen filters the western sun and gives the corner its privacy.
Prevailing breezes are drawn through the section for cross and stack ventilation, and the terracotta piers and raised garden podium carry green and air into the home.
Drawings
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Visualisation
Flip the lights to see the elevations after dark.
The approach
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