Fact file
Location: Gauribidanur
Size: 600 sq m
Principal Architects: Smaran Mallesh, Narendra Pirgal, and Vikram Rajasekaran
Photography by: Anand Jaju 

Gauribidanur Residence by Cadence Architects is located on an L-shaped site measuring 285 square metres flanked by roads on two sides, which uses this form to determine the composition of spaces. The ground floor comprises the car parking area, the entry, the living space, the kitchen and dining area, and a guest bedroom. The spatial planning of the programme on all floors happens along the two arms of the “L.” The living room has a double-height volume, incorporating the prayer room with a staircase and bridge traversing the spatial void. This area forms the soul of the home, bringing the family together.

The staircase has been articulated to make a visual statement across the void. One edge of the living room dissolves into a narrow strip of green, flanking the compound wall of the property. The topmost floor has the family entertainment area that opens into a terrace garden. The garden is rendered with the same formal qualities as the exterior form of the building. The bold exterior façade is a chiselled mass in response to the two roads along the site. Openings created by incisions made into this chiselled mass allow light into the interiors. Its architecture is a series of volumetric deductions—formed from a platonic “L-shaped” object—spatially and formally, on the outside and inside.