Singh Residence, Noida (India)

The client lives outside of India and wished to have a pied-à-terre in Delhi for her parents and herself.
Because this house is only intended to be used a few months a year, it is relatively free of the usual relentless demands of storage and utility. This became an opportunity for the architect to adopt a sculptor’s approach—first sculpting the spatial container, then composing its large and small objects, and finally quietly introducing a layer of ergonomic comfort to create the necessary functionality.
To carry forth the architect’s sculpture, a large and rich palette of texture and colour is employed. In keeping with the client’s brief, references to Indian tradition and materials are incorporated to flavor the intrinsic spatial experience instead of standing out as a dominating theme or being reduced to an ethnic motif.