The 8,000 sq. ft. home unfolds as a contemporary retreat defined by clean Architecture lines and a warm interplay of materials. These are all set against an expansive open garden court in front. A beautifully composed landscape remains minimal, timeless, and effortlessly elegant. This serene green foreground sets the stage for the home’s refined, clean architectural expression. Here, wooden louvres create a rhythmic façade that offers privacy while softening the strong modern profile. Metal, glass, wood, stone, and concrete come together as a cohesive palette, grounding the structure and lending it quiet sophistication.
This Luxurious Home Is Defined With Clean Architecture Lines | Sana Raja Designs
Stepping inside, the entrance opens into a generous foyer. The designer subtly articulated an elegant screen that defines the threshold without interrupting the sense of openness. With its 12-feet-high ceiling, this first volume establishes the clarity, scale, and proportion that guide the design language throughout.
From the foyer, the home transitions into an expansive 30-foot wide column-less living and dining area. An engineering and design achievement that forms the social nucleus of the home. Anchored by just three pivot points, the space feels uninterrupted and fluid.
One of these pivots supports a rotating TV unit. It intuitively divides the living zone from the ten-seater dining area. This, in turn, connects seamlessly to the kitchen for effortless, functional circulation.
At the heart of this space lies a dramatic double-height volume. It is crowned with a skylight, allowing natural light to cascade through the interiors from morning to dusk.
This luminous central pocket enhances the sense of openness. It elevates the everyday experience of the home, creating a dynamic interplay of shadows and textures throughout the day.
Rising prominently through all floors is a helical sculptural staircase—one of the defining architectural moments of the home. With its sinuous, fluid form extending nearly 40 feet in height, it serves not only as a vertical connector but as a piece of inhabitable sculpture.
The façade subtly celebrates this stair through horizontal metal beams that frame the staircase zone from the exterior. These beams slice the elevation with a refined modern gesture. They highlight the curved profile behind the louvred screen and adding architectural drama without overwhelming the clean-lined façade.
Materiality plays a purposeful role in shaping both comfort and expression. The ground floor features cool stone flooring. It naturally moderates temperature, creating a calm and refreshing base suited to the climate. The first-floor transitions into warm wooden flooring, introducing an intimate and inviting character to the private spaces.
The overall palette remains predominantly white and crisp, allowing the architecture itself—rather than ornamentation—to define character. Built forms, structural elements, and interior spaces coexist seamlessly, resulting in a home where architecture and interior design merge into a single, unified language rather than functioning as separate disciplines.
Light continues to shape the experience of the home in subtle yet meaningful ways. The double-height pooja room on the ground floor becomes a quiet spiritual moment, filled with uplifting daylight filtering from above.
Thoughtfully placed skylights in the master and children’s wardrobes ensure even utilitarian spaces are infused with natural brightness, reinforcing the home’s connection to the outdoors and elevating daily routines with a sense of serenity.
The ground floor accommodates two bedrooms that offer privacy while retaining openness through carefully planned proportions and lighting.
The first floor is home to three additional bedrooms, each designed to be elegant, warm, and true to the personality of its occupant.
A sleek lounge anchors this level, serving as a casual retreat while maintaining the clean and modern aesthetic that defines the house.
The second floor extends the home’s versatility with a gym or multi-use room that adapts readily to the changing needs of the residents—whether for fitness, recreation, work, or leisure.
This adaptability reflects the home’s deeper design ethos: delivering thoughtful spaces that can evolve effortlessly over time without compromising on beauty or spatial clarity.
Beyond its expressive architecture, the home also reflects a rigorous integration of services and utilities, ensuring that the clean, sculptural exterior remains uninterrupted. All services—including electrical conduits, drainage lines, air-conditioning systems, and external piping—are meticulously concealed within the structural framework.
Even the water tank, often an unavoidable functional element on Indian terraces, has been designed to sit dipped into the roof slab, eliminating visual clutter and allowing the terrace to remain an open, uninterrupted, and visually pristine plane. This attention to hidden detailing reinforces the purity of the façade and highlights the commitment to design excellence at every scale.
From the living and dining areas, the home extends fluidly into a rear deck that acts as an outdoor extension of the social core—a perfect setting for gatherings, celebrations, or quiet evenings. Every transition in the home—from indoors to outdoors, from stone to wood, from single-height to double-height volumes—has been designed to feel natural, intuitive, and emotionally calming.
Throughout the journey of conceptualizing and building this home, the client, Mr. Amit Gupta, played an active and engaged role, collaborating closely at each stage. His clarity of vision and involvement were instrumental in ensuring that the home remained true to its concept while evolving into an even more refined and thoughtful final outcome.
Ultimately, this home stands as an expression of refined modern living—sculptural yet serene, minimalist yet warm, open yet intimate. Every detail, from the horizontally framed staircase zone to the cool stone floors, the immersive skylights, and the meticulously hidden services, contributes to a cohesive architectural experience. It is a home crafted with clarity, intention, and a deep respect for light, proportion, and materiality—a timeless dialogue between clean architecture and the quiet luxury of everyday life.
Fact File
Designed by: Sana Raja Designs
Project Type: Residential Architecture & Interior Design
Project Name: Ashiyana
Location: Gokuldham, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Year of Completion: 2025
Duration of the project: 2 Years
Built up area: 8000 Sq.ft
Principal Designer: Ar. Sana Raja
Client: Mr. Amit Gupta
Photograph Courtesy: Kalaative Productions by Marvel Andrews
Products / Materials / Vendors: Architecture Soffit Panels – VOX / Sanitaryware – Hans Grohe / Flooring – RK Marbles / Paint – Asian Paints / Furniture Sourcing – Arcedior, Ahmedabad
Consultants for the Project: Interior Designer – Sana Raja Designs / Landscape Architect – Sana Raja Designs / Furniture Sourcing – Arcedior, Ahmedabad @arcedior / MEP & HVAC Consultants – Ravi Engineering Corporation, Ahmedabad & Santel Group, Ahmedabad / Structure Engineers – AMU Consulting Engineers, Ahmedabad / Lighting Designers – Associated Lighting Systems, Ahmedabad Interior Styling – Sana Raja Designs
Firm’s Instagram Link: Sana Raja Designs
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