House of Arches

D.L.E.A. (Design Lab for Experimenting Architecture) uses arches to visually expand and playfully craft a seamless architectural vocabulary for a duplex home in Chennai… Located in a quiet Chennai suburb, and bound by roads on the North and East sides, this corner plot accommodates a one-bedroom rental facility and car park on the ground floor, whilst the first and second floors host the homeowner’s three-bedroom abode with large balconies. Responding to Chennai’s perennially hot climate, the common areas occupy the north and east sides ushering maximum light into the interior, whereas service areas are relegated in the south and west […]