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The street elevation by day. Fins, timber and glass across three floors.
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Oculus House

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The plot sits in a fast growing part of Rajahmundry with neighbours close on three sides.

A city house on a tight plot. The sky is the only reliable view, so we built the house around it.

Location
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
Typology
Residential
Scope
Architecture, interiors, lighting, supervision
Status
Completed
Material palette
Slate · sandstone · teak · lime plaster · mild steel
The threshold
Held in the hand

The palette

Slate
sandstone
teak
lime plaster
mild steel
The entrance porch. A teak door on a stone floor.
The entrance porch.
The entry passage, a glass strip set into the stone floor.
The entry passage, a glass strip set into the stone floor.
The main stair in stone and timber.
The main stair in stone and timber.
The lounge
The double-height hall, a cane swing by the window.
The double-height hall, a cane swing by the window.
A hanging cane chair against the stone wall.
A hanging cane chair against the stone wall.
A timber swing bench faces the garden.
A timber swing bench faces the garden.
Light
The oculus. A ring of timber slats open to the sky.
The oculus.
Sunlight from the oculus falls across the floor.
Sunlight from the oculus falls across the floor.
A coffered timber ceiling, lit at its center.
A coffered timber ceiling, lit at its center.
Timber treads cantilever from the stone flight.
Timber treads cantilever from the stone flight.
The plot sits in a fast growing part of Rajahmundry with neighbours close on three sides
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The kitchen
The kitchen. A patterned island under a black hood.
The kitchen.
The cooktop and counter run.
The cooktop and counter run.
A cabinet framed and carved in teak.
A cabinet framed and carved in teak.
The pooja room, framed in carved teak.
The pooja room, framed in carved teak.
A bedroom, quiet with a teak door.
A bedroom, quiet with a teak door.
A basin set in timber under a slim mirror.
A basin set in timber under a slim mirror.
A glass floor panel drops light to the level below.
A glass floor panel drops light to the level below.
The exterior
Angular metal cladding at the upper floors.
Angular metal cladding at the upper floors.
Metal cladding meets the stone boundary wall.
Metal cladding meets the stone boundary wall.
The same elevation after dark, every floor lit.
The same elevation after dark, every floor lit.
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