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Private Residence Near Chandigarh, North-West India
Concept design: 2011
The house for a Canadian-Indian man and his extend family is sited on a farm land on the edge of Chandigarh city, with the foothills of the Himalayas visible on the horizon. Chandigarh is one of the youngest cities in India, planned and built in the 1950s to reflect India’s contemporary aspirations.
To instil in a simple manner the concept that culture and its environment is inseparable, the original pattern was superimposed with an image of the Himalayan mountain range, resulting in an organically altered pattern. The sun shading screen (scripted with Grasshopper for Rhino) is not only the outer most layer of the house, the one that most visitors would first encounter, but also acts as the mediator between the local climate and the family’s indoor lifestyle.
Concept design: 2011
The house for a Canadian-Indian man and his extend family is sited on a farm land on the edge of Chandigarh city, with the foothills of the Himalayas visible on the horizon. Chandigarh is one of the youngest cities in India, planned and built in the 1950s to reflect India’s contemporary aspirations.
To instil in a simple manner the concept that culture and its environment is inseparable, the original pattern was superimposed with an image of the Himalayan mountain range, resulting in an organically altered pattern. The sun shading screen (scripted with Grasshopper for Rhino) is not only the outer most layer of the house, the one that most visitors would first encounter, but also acts as the mediator between the local climate and the family’s indoor lifestyle.