Challenge
Finding a design language that belongs to Adyar's mature neighbourhood character without copying its idioms — contemporary in resolution but settled in its response to a context defined by decades of established spatial culture.
residential
Villa Adyar
- Type
- residential
- Location
- Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Area
- 5,800 sq ft
- Year
- 2026
- Status
- ongoing
Project Narrative
A villa in Adyar — one of Chennai's most established and tree-lined residential neighbourhoods — designed for a client seeking permanence, considered material quality, and a genuine relationship between the house and its plot. The scheme draws on the proportional generosity typical of Adyar's older residential stock, reinterpreted through a contemporary architectural language.
Approach
The design takes cues from the area's older homes — generous setbacks, layered threshold conditions between street and interior, and a relationship to the plot's depth that prioritises garden and verandah as extensions of the living space rather than residual space around the building.
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