How Screens, Shadows and Landscape Shape a Jaipur Home | Newness Architecture

Newness Architecture uses layered screens, shaded spaces and open planning to balance privacy, climate and nature. How much enclosure does a home need to feel private? For Newness Architecture, designing a 4,000-square-foot weekend retreat in Kanota Village, near Jaipur, involves exploring the relationship between boundaries and openness. The family's desire for a close connection with nature informs an architectural approach where screens, shaded spaces and landscape become integral to everyday living.Reimagining Boundaries: The first challenge comes from the development's regulations, which prohibit compound walls beyond the existing two-foot boundary. The architects introduce sandstone slabs of varying heights, punctuated by circular […]