With increasing unplanned urbanization in several developing nations, most residential neighbourhoods have become jungles of concrete and noise ? both visual and aural. Built within a congested locality in Central Delhi, the House with a Brick Veil seeks to negotiate the fine line between privacy and connectivity with neighbourhoods. While exploring potential solutions for middle class multi-dwelling units built on tight site constraints, the House allows its residents to enjoy their connection with nature.  In doing so, it interrogates whether simple architectural planning principles can create the parameters of a higher quality of life within a home in tightly clustered urban scenarios that are typical of most Asian cities.

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Architects: Studio Lotus
Location: New Delhi, India

Design Team: Sidhartha Talwar, Ambrish Arora, Hussain Mehdi, Apoorv Kaushik

Area: 1000.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Edmund Sumner, Randhir Singh

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Text description provided by the architects. With increasing unplanned urbanization in several developing nations, most residential neighbourhoods have become jungles of concrete and noise ? both visual and aural. Built within a congested locality in Central Delhi, the House with a Brick Veil seeks to negotiate the fine line between privacy and connectivity with neighbourhoods. While exploring potential solutions for middle class mul...