In this residential interior, walls are treated as inhabitable structures and spatial elements rather than partitions, shaping space through depth, continuity, and measured mass. The project operates as a system of thickened planes where architecture absorbs storage, seating, thresholds, and services, allowing space to remain open while functionally complete.
Happy cells.design + JW Architect
Located in Mumbai, the apartment responds to dense urban living where storage, privacy, and openness must coexist. The brief called for a calm, continuous home accommodating living, working, and gathering without reliance on excessive furniture or rigid partitions. The design addresses this by embedding function within architectureitself.
The apartment is organized as a continuous spatial system structured through thickened planes. A repeatable kit of elements niches, storage volumes, seating edges, and thresholds is deployed with controlled variation to maintain coherence. Surfaces fold, step, and recess to establish hierarchy through depth, alignment, and mass rather than enclosure. Privacy emerges through offset and spatial compression, while monolithic elements anchor the otherwise fluid field.
A central living spine organizes the plan, with private spaces branching as recessed zones. Circulation operates as a spatial gradient, guided by shifts in thickness and proportion rather than corridors. Spaces are experienced as variations within a continuous field, defined by expansion and compression.
A restrained palette of light wood, marble flooring, textured plaster, and stone reinforces spatial clarity. Subtle metal trims sharpen transitions, while material continuity allows geometry and depth to define the experience.
By transforming walls into liveable elements, the project integrates architecture and furniture into a unified system. It proposes an approach to urban living based on continuous adaptability, and spatial coherence rather than accumulation.
Fact File
Designed by: Happy cells.design + JW Architect
Project Type: Residential Interior Design
Project Name: Thickened Planes Apartment
Location: Prabhadevi, Mumbai, India
Year Built: October 2025
Duration of the project: 9 months (February to October 2025)
Project Size (in sq. ft.): 3,995 sqft
Project Cost: 1.1 core
Principal Architect: Ar. Jinal Wadgama & Ar. Prakhar Agrawal
Team Design Credits (for Particular Project): Ar. Jinal Wadgama & Ar. Prakhar Agrawal
Photograph Courtesy: Wabi-Sabi Studio, Janvi Thakkar
Products / Materials / Vendors: Products used: Finishes – Construction Materials – Wood veneer, metal , Glass / Lighting –Kumar lights / Doors and Partitions –veneer / Furniture -Flooring – Marble flooring / Kitchen – Paint – Painting drive : https://paintingdrive.com / Artefacts – Morii Design : https://www.moriidesign.com/ / Loops by LJ : https://loopsbylj.com Hardware – Richa hadware
Consultants for the Project: Civil – Contractor: NK Construction (Sajid) / Carpentry: Bablu carpentry / Electrical Works: Dhananjay electrical work / AC : Aalum Ac work / Painting: Painting Drive (Surendra) / Interior Designers – Ar. Jinal Wadgama & Ar. Prakhar Agrawal Interior Styling – Jinal wadgama
Firm’s Instagram Link: Happy cells.design + JW Architect
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