Situated on a compact 1200 sft south-west corner plot, this residence was conceived as an inward-looking sanctuary for a family of four — a home that balances privacy and openness, light and enclosure, within the dense urban fabric.
This Residence Was Conceived As An Inward-Looking Sanctuary For A Family Of Four | The Insideout Studio
The design intent was to create a spatial narrative that unfolds gradually, where courtyards, filtered light, and layered volumes define the experience of home.
The ground floor accommodates parking and a flexible studio unit
The first floor emerges as a seamless open plan — anchored by a doubleheight landscape courtyard adjoining the living space, towards the front of the house. When the sliding doors between them are opened, it expands the living area into a green, light-filled volume.
A Puja courtyard occupies the northeast corner, its quiet presence connecting visually to the dining and kitchen zones.
A guest bedroom, discreetly placed in the southwest corner, completes this level’s programmatic balance.
The cement jali façade acts as a porous skin — screening the inner courtyard from the street, tempering the harsh western sun, and lending the home its distinct play of light and shadow.
On the second floor, the master and kid’s bedrooms open to the courtyards below, creating visual continuity, connectivity and a sharedsense of openness across levels.
The third floor transitions into a multi-functional terrace pavilion — a flexible zone for play, exercise, and leisure that opens out to the sky,framing the home’s vertical journey from earth to light.
Through its orchestrated voids, filtered boundaries, and intimate scale, the house becomes an exploration of how light, air, and landscape can transform a compact home into a well lit,breezy, inward-looking retreat.
Fact File
Designed by: The Insideout Studio
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: The Perforated House
Location: Bangalore
Year Built: 2023-2025
Project Size: 3500 Sq.ft
Site area, Orientation: 1200sft, South WEST CORNER
Principal Architects: Kavya U Reddy & Venkat B Reddy
Photograph Courtesy: 148 South
Structural Consultant: M/s. Nishita Associates
Manufacturers: Kohler, Jindal Domal,Faber, GM electric, Motto, Orient, Crompton
Firm’s Instagram Link: The Insideout Studio
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