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The house is a composition of cuboid volumes punctuated with an open courtyard, built in 4 levels, to provide for three generations to live together. There are varying degrees of transparency throughout the inner spaces, with each of the living, lounge, dining, outdoor & circulation spaces seamlessly integrated. Spaces are visible to an extent allowing a more spatial experience and private too simultaneously. The design of the house with the courtyard, screens, indirect natural light & complete natural ventilation makes it extremely energy efficient. Contextual to the site location & the climate of the region, Zen Spaces is a home with different experiences in each part, interspersed with nature seamlessly.
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Situated on a corner with roads on 3 sides, Zen Spaces is a 27000 sq.ft. home in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. On a relatively large plot with an existing house on the southern side, the clients wanted a new house since the family had grown larger. Keeping most of the existing garden as a common space for both houses the new home is built on the extreme northern end with roads on 3 sides. All the existing trees on the site were retained with the new house ensconced in the clear space between the trees.
To reduce the heat gain in response to the extensive summer and simultaneously provide privacy and reduce noise from the arterial road the house fronts, a series of GFRC screens sheath the east, west & southern sides with the north side more open. These screens allude to the stone screens of traditional architecture of Jaipur city & of Rajasthan . The house has a simple RCC structure frame with all walls made in fly ash bricks , water recycling, rain water harvesting , solar water heating system & was built by local contract labour from the vicinity with most materials used from within a 100 km distance. Every part of the house is naturally ventilated with the courtyard contributing towards passive cooling.
Blurring the lines between the inside & the outside, integrating with the existing landscape, screening & allowing filtered light in different ways within each space, infusing volumes with light & shadows to transform differently at different times, Zen Spaces is a 4 level house. Situated on a corner with roads on 3 sides, Zen Spaces is a 27000 sq.ft. home in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. On a relatively large plot with an existing house on the southern side, the clients wanted a new house since the family had grown larger. Keeping most of the existing garden as a common space for both houses the new home is built on the extreme northern end with roads on 3 sides. All the existing trees on the site were retained with the new house ensconced in the clear space between the trees.
This house has brought a sense of tranquility in our lives with the Zen like quality of spaces and natural light. We yearn to get back home after holidays to feel the calm again. The design truly translates to a ‘lightness of being’. (phrase borrowed from the author Milan Kundera)
Sanjay Puri Architects have been listed in Archdaily’s list of Top 100 architects worldwide and in the WA UK top 100 architectural firms as well as the Architizer New York’s top130 architecture firms in the world.
Winning the CDA 2023 Paris Best residential project worldwide, The LOOP Design Awards Best Large architectural firm, The Best Completed Building – Production Energy & Logistics in the World Architecture Festival, Singapore 2023, The Best housing Project worldwide in the World Architecture Festival , Lisbon 2022, The LEAF Awards London, Best interior project 2021, the firm has won over 450 awards including 300 International design awards.
With a current firm strength of 108, evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable and creating spaces that explore spatial perceptions, with new design directions forms the essence of the firm’s design philosophy.
