A home, a workplace, and a place to welcome people into the studio, all under one roof. The ground floor holds the studio and a guest room as the more public spaces, while the living, open kitchen and dining occupy the first floor. Above, tucked into the attic, is the master suite.
The house looks north towards the Nanda Devi range, with windows carefully placed so that the view is encountered from every space. Along the southern side, a glass atrium brings in the winter sun, drawing warmth deep into the house through the day.
Designed and built during Covid, the house was made with local teams, materials and resources. Rat-trap masonry helped reduce brick consumption while creating an insulating air cavity within the walls. Filler slabs, insulation below the roof and mud-lime finishes further improve the house’s thermal performance. There is no cement plaster inside – walls are either finished in mud-lime or left as exposed brick.
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Rainwater harvesting, a reed-bed system for greywater treatment and a kitchen garden are integrated into the everyday functioning of the house. The result is a home shaped as much by its climate, resources and landscape as by the way it is lived in.