The Enduring Courtyard Typology | Studio Context x Create Studio

The courtyard remains one of architecture's most enduring spatial ideas. For centuries, it has organised light, climate and everyday life around a shared centre. IAnD presents two homes that revisit this tradition in contrasting ways. Contemporary homes continue to draw from traditional architectural practice, increasingly reinterpreting its principles to suit evolving lifestyles and aspirations. Vijayam in Chennai by Studio Context and Manga Mané in Mallur by Create Studio demonstrate two distinct approaches—one preserving the courtyard as the home's defining heart, the other dispersing its qualities across a landscape shaped by existing trees. Inherited Wisdom: Studio Context's Vijayam Villa remains closest […]