Courtyard House

Within a dense residential fabric, Courtyard House turns inward to rediscover light, air, and stillness. Organised around a central angala, the house unfolds as two pavilions connected by sky, water, and sacred trees, forming a shared core for family life. Verandas, shaded sit-outs, and porous thresholds blur the line between inside and outside, allowing spaces to breathe with Bengaluru’s gentle climate. Local chapadi stone, riverbed granite, brick, and timber shape a tactile, grounded architectural language, while filtered daylight and cross ventilation animate daily routines. The transition from rough exterior textures to calmer interior finishes reflects a gradual retreat from the city into repose. Rooted in cultural memory yet expressed through a contemporary lens, the house offers a quiet, almost monastic sanctuary where domestic rituals, landscape, and architecture come together in measured balance.