The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners

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New Delhi, India
  • Architecture: Verendra Wakhloo, Ankit Jain, Ankit Tomar, Gautam Tanvar, Apurva Tripathi, Amrita Walia
  • 3 D Visualizer: Abhishek Chauhan
  • Model Maker: Mukesh Kumar
  • Brasswork: Ferrous Designs
  • City: New Delhi
  • Country: India
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The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade
© Edmund Sumner

Text description provided by the architects. Today, under immense pressure from the ever-increasing population and congestion of urban fabric, the realization of a "regenerative" builtenvironment seems to be a distant dream. However, cities are trendsetters for emerging orders that incite meaningful paradigms and could even foster a change in future building regulations. Such has been the case in the past with the mandatory stilt parking, introduced in Delhi a decade ago, for plots below 1000 sqm, which arguably has posed a challenge to the development of a house that was once connected to the ‘ground’ and provided a perceivable balance between open and built-up areas.

The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Edmund Sumner
The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Interior Photography, Column
© Edmund Sumner
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Residential architecture conceived along plotted developments commonly engages strongly with the design of the "skin" of the building, and designers often ignore the possibilities of exploring innovative building typologies. Free of familiar attachments and ambitions of styling facades, this house, alongside a series of recent residential projects located in the dense urban fabric of Delhi, attempts to reintroduce experiential qualities and spatial nuances of living in a ‘house’.

The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Interior Photography, Living Room, Table, Windows
© Sergio Ghetti
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The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Ankit Jain

The interpretation of the client’s brief of designing two apartments derives a strong reference from the form of a ‘Mashrabiya’, traditionally an integral part of the Arabic lifestyle. The proposed three extensions to the main linear building volume are perceived as an interface with the external environment and overlook the street, the courtyard, and the terraces while maintaining the indoor privacy of the occupants. These colossal insulated concrete protrusions of varied size ensure that during the day, parts of the large, exposed building surfaces are shaded. Traditionally, ‘Mashrabiya’ was enclosed with carved lattice work in wood, while the proposed ‘Jali’, constructed in lightweight metal, is used to control daylight, and ventilation, reduce energy consumption, and create beauty.

The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Facade
© Sergio Ghetti

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Cite: "The Three Mashrabiyas House / Matra Architects & Rurban Planners" 15 Jul 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1003911/the-three-mashrabiyas-house-matra-architects-and-rurban-planners> ISSN 0719-8884

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