Namana is an east-facing home situated on a compact 60’x50’ plot beside a serene vineyard. Designed for a family of three, the single-story residence emphasizes spatial fluidity, natural illumination, and a tactile material palette that evokes warmth and simplicity.
Editor’s Note: “Namana, a quiet dialogue between light, material, and space, is a home that listens and gathers memories. With stone anchoring the design, light drifts through skylights while jaali traces time. Here, every element like clay blocks and filler slabs shapes a home that feels both rooted and weightless.” ~ Anusha Sridhar
This East-Facing Home Embraces Natural Light And Spatial Fluidity | Wright Inspires
A monolithic natural stone slab defines the deity room, its intricate grains imparting a quiet, sculptural presence. This stone slab continues into the foyer, creating a seamless visual transition and anchoring the home’s material expression. Additionally, vertically positioned stone slabs frame the main entrance and offer a restrained yet impactful gesture, grounding the façade.
Thoughtfully placed skylights, jaalis, and voids channel daylight into the interiors. Moreover, they cast a soft interplay of light and shadow that shifts throughout the day.
Leather-finished Kota limestone is used throughout Namana for its understated elegance, durability, and practicality. Its soft texture and muted tones bring warmth to the interiors while enhancing the home’s earthy aesthetic.
Passive strategies like skylights and jaalis enhance ventilation and illumination, reducing dependence on artificial systems. Moreover, these elements, combined with the tactile material palette, ground the home in its surroundings and establish a dialogue with the natural environment.
The plan comprises three bedrooms, an open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area, a deity room, and a recreational basement. The spatial arrangement ensures visual continuity while preserving zones of privacy.
The basement is articulated through corrugated sheet shuttering, giving the exposed concrete walls a textural rhythm that enhances both aesthetics and acoustics. The uneven surfaces scatter and absorb sound, reducing reverberation and making the basement ideal for activities like music, films, or gatherings.
Stepped seating adds to the basement’s versatility, seamlessly combining informal lounging and storage solutions. The layered configuration is not just practical but also reinforces the textural depth of the space. Thus, creating a visually engaging yet highly functional area.
Exposed clay blocks, filler slabs, and natural stone are chosen for their thermal efficiency, durability, and contextual relevance. The exposed clay blocks lend a textured vibrancy to the walls, while the angular profiles of the filler slabs create rhythmic ceilings that enhance spatial character and thermal performance. Natural stone surfaces, with their inherent grains and tones, act as quiet yet powerful focal points throughout the design.
Glass is incorporated into the walls, allowing natural light to stream through in stripes during the day, creating an intriguing detail.
The design of the home creates a serene conversation between its structure, light, and materials, cultivating a feeling of tranquility and harmony.
Fact File
Designed by: Wright Inspires
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Namana
Firm Location: 1753 , BEML Layout, 5th Stage, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560098
Project Location: Yelahanka, Bengaluru-560064
Year Built: 2023
Project Size: 2745.55 Sq.ft
Principal Architect: Ar. Prathima Seethur
Project Architect: Ar. Charishma Kekada, Ar. Atchaya Gopalsamy, Ar. Swathi Kumar & Ar. Sujay V
Photograph Courtesy: Studio f/8
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