Editor’s Note: Some homes find their strength in materials that belong naturally to the land they stand on. The Red Brick House in Rohtak, Haryana, responds to its harsh climate through the enduring character of brick, using its thermal properties to create comfort through changing seasons. A perforated brick screen softens the western sun, while a circular opening frames the balcony and connects the private home with the street. At its centre, a courtyard brings together shared spaces, drawing daylight and fresh air deep into the interiors. Exposed concrete, Kota stone, and an internal brick pergola continue the home’s honest material language, allowing texture and light to shape the experience. Through passive cooling, layered volumes, and thoughtful planning, the residence finds a balance between privacy and openness, creating a home rooted in its surroundings rather than separated from them. ~ Yashika Bajaniya
In the agrarian flatlands of Rohtak, Haryana, a sense of belonging emerges through material, proportion and a quiet approach to design. The Red Brick House, a 5,200-square-foot residence on a west-facing plot, follows this very idea. In a landscape shaped by dust, heat and seasonal extremes, brick is the only honest answer: durable, almost entirely self-sufficient, and so native to this ground that it seems less chosen than inevitable.
A Red Brick House Belongs Naturally To Rohtak’s Agrarian Landscape | Aura Architecture Studio
Building in fired clay grounds the house in a regional tradition of thermal-mass construction, where the wall functions not as a barrier but as a climatic instrument, absorbing heat during the day and releasing it gradually through the night. There is no applied ornament. The architecture earns its presence through material honesty.
The house is oriented along a west-east axis, with the primary facade addressing the street to the west and the rear elevation opening to the east. On the north and south flanks, building mass is selectively removed to introduce punctures that draw natural light deep into the plan. The western facade is shielded by the jaali screen, turning the most demanding elevation into the most architecturally resolved.
The western facade makes the architecture’s most considered argument. The upper volume presents as a bold projecting brick mass whose entire surface is woven with a diagonal jaali screen, a grid of small square perforations that dissolves solidity into a breathing skin of light and shadow.
Set within this porous field, a large circular void frames the projecting balcony, its concentric rings of brick radiating outward to produce a taut, confident aperture. The circle performs as both a shade structure and a framing device, but it also carries an urban intention. The circular opening embodies the ‘eyes on the street’ concept, establishing a deliberate visual connection between the private and the public realm below.
Spread across 5,200 square feet, the plan transitions from entry to interior with measured deliberateness. A living room opens into a double-height recessed sitting area, drawing the eye toward the central courtyard beyond. That courtyard is the spatial heart of the residence, functioning simultaneously as an environmental buffer, a social hinge, and a light well, connecting the living, dining, and kitchen on the ground floor while opening visually to the level above.
The kitchen is designed with functional clarity, positioned to serve both the dining area and the courtyard edge without compromising the spatial openness of the shared zone. Ground-floor bedrooms remain woven into shared life through their proximity to the courtyard. Upstairs, three bedrooms, a children’s room with a workstation and a multipurpose hall reaffirm the house’s commitment to connected, layered living.
The interiors carry the influence of brutalism, one that finds beauty in the honesty of structure rather than its concealment. Exposed concrete slabs preserve the imprint of formwork, quietly narrating the process of their making. Raw surfaces are left to speak without finish or apology.
An internal brick pergola diffuses incoming light into shifting patterns across the floor, while Kota stone underfoot unifies the palette with matte calm. Geometric inlays define circulation and demarcate zones without resorting to walls. Structure and finish are the same here, a design philosophy in which the construction process itself becomes the aesthetic language.
Morning light filters softly through the courtyard. By afternoon, jaali screens and double-height voids temper the western heat into something liveable. Open-to-sky volumes enable a passive cycle of ventilation, reducing reliance on mechanical cooling. The house expresses its response to climate not through formal novelty but through material intelligence and spatial clarity.
The Red Brick House is not a resistance to climate but a reconciliation with it. Rooted in regional material and shaped by the rhythms of daily life, it offers shade, light and calm with quiet clarity, forming an architecture of permanence rather than spectacle.
Fact File
Designed by: Aura Architecture Studio
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Red Brick House
Location: Haryana
Built-up Area: 5200 Sq.ft
Principal Architect: Ar. Tawish Tayal
Design Team: Ar. Nitya Prakash, Ar. Sejal Awasty, Ar. Paramhansh Yadav, Mohd. Mohsin, Vinita Gusain, Rahul Kushwah
People and Business Manager: Divya Garg
Project Lead: Ar. Nitya Prakash, Ar. Sejal Awasty
Photographs: Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Editorial & Content Strategy: Ar. Parthiv Verma
Visual Communication & Graphics: Ar. Parthiv Verma
Firm’s Website Link: Aura Architecture Studio
Firm’s Instagram Link: Aura Architecture Studio
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