Rooted in a newer extension of the vibrant city of Ahmedabad, this abode represents a fine tune of modern design sensibility with timeless material expression and spatial volumetric connections. A home for a family of 4 which balances openness with privacy, functionality with aesthetics and luxury with warmth. The physical orientation of the east facing residence aligned to the East and the West direction; spaces have been designed to capture both morning as well as the evening lights dynamically across the year.

This East Facing Home Finely Represents Modern Sensibility And Timeless Materials | Arcline Architects

Teak Wood as a Unifying Element

“The design narrative understates the materiality in the internal spaces, using it as the primary language to formulate the spaces. Designers further define the spaces with a neutral material palette, including teak wood, natural stone, and neutral colors.” The different internal spaces have a sense of continuity in terms of materials used and also have diversity in their own ways. “People have used teak wood as a binding material across the home and have crafted it into dynamic and rhythmic forms, including varied horizontal and vertical flutes, wooden rods, wooden surfaces, and studs.”

Strategic Planting as a Thermal Layer

Designers have treated the external facades with a thick, paintable earthen texture. This helps keep the internal spaces less affected by harsh heat and sunlight. They have also treated the eastern and western edges of the residence with local plant species. The strategic use of types and sizes of these plants has enabled a thermal layer adjacent to the external façade. It keeps the internal spaces comparatively cooler, this layer also acts as a soft threshold between the street and the built form.

Entrance Passage with Plant Lining

Designers have lined the entrance passage to the east facing residence with plants on either side. This creates a visual lead to an external stone-clad façade, with the entrance door serving as a focal point. They have crafted and carved this prominent door from natural teak wood.” The door eventually leads to an internal double-height space connecting the common spaces on the ground and the upper floor. The side of this double-height is a combination of cladding of natural slate stone and teak wood. It creates a visual connection from the ground to the upper level.

Warmth Through Reclaimed Wooden Artwork

As we release into a living space after a double height vestibule, use of a reclaimed – culturally enriched wooden art work as a backdrop. To the finite informal living space, this ensures warmth and humbleness of the spaces. This informal sitting is a buffer to other formal and informal spaces across the east facing house. Designers have arranged the common spaces on the ground floor to create a spatial axis. It visually connects all the prominent common areas to the landscape on either side of the built form.”

Seamless Integration of Built and Green Spaces

“Following the same axis, designers have designed a semi-covered sit-out space on the east side of the home. It opens from the dining area to the landscape. Similarly, aligned with the western edge of the home, they have created an open sit-out deck. It is placed between the formal living space and the landscape. They have also organised the built and unbuilt areas. This segregates the green and landscape spaces flow seamlessly into everyday living.”

The designers have designed the partition separating the informal living space and the pooja space to maintain a visual connection with the other common areas. The use of cylindrical and rectangular forms of wood to design the partition enhances the eventual connection to the nature of the space.

Fluted Materials in the Formal Living Space

“In the formal living space, the combination of fluted materials—wood and colored wall surfaces—creates a sense of flow to the wooden ceiling. It eventually leads to a natural stone and teak wood-clad wall. Designers have crafted this wall using fluted wood, polished natural stone, and wooden jali. This helps in establishing a visual connection to the pooja space across it.”

“Designers have designed a feature wall in the dining space by carving different shapes & combining brass plates. This adds a sense of sophistication and luxury to this prominent common area of the residence.”

The designers have visually connected the dining space while physically separating it with a breakfast counter made of natural slate stone and teak wood.”

Design Concept for the Son’s Bedroom

“For the son’s bedroom, designers initially planned to include a distinct surface featuring fresh and bright colors combined with teak wood.” Also, a library partition between the windows and the bedroom had less penetration of sun light in the major spaces of the bedroom, so the use of fresh colours would elevate the overall space.

Partition for Maximum Natural Light

The designers have designed the partition in a way that allows the maximum possible natural light to reach the major space during the daytime. Use of fluted teak wood panel in combination to the terrazzo with different colour stones enhances visual freshness in the space.

Master bedroom has been designed with the use of natural stone clad on the wall with the combination of fluted teak wood panels. Strategic use of wooden ceiling in the secluded sitting area in this personal space grounds the bedroom with warmth and serenity.

To conclude, the east facing home has been balanced using wooden partitions to visually connect the different common and personal spaces, a singular neutral wall colour to balance the spaces with available natural light, teak wood elements & panels to depict a visual connection of the spaces together, teak wood furniture sets uniqueness of the spaces within and the strategic use of different stones in different forms and patterns to differentiate the uniqueness of the spaces. The materiality has been rationalised to keep the eventual spaces on the broader perspective grounded and interconnected.

Fact File

Designed by: Arcline Architects

Project Type: Residential Architecture Design

Project Name: Cube Home

Location: Bhadaj, Ahmedabad

Year Built: May’ 2025

Project Area: 5125 Sq.ft.

Principal Architects: Juhi Patel & Shravan Patel

Photograph Courtesy: Umang Shah

Managed & Executed by: Woodplus India

Furniture Manufacturers: The Naresh Furniture, Ahmedabad

Drawings & Details: Devansh Jayswal

Firm’s Instagram Link: Arcline Architects

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