Anchored in serenity

Emerging like a sculptural monolith from the edge of a salt pan, this house is a masterclass in elemental architecture — poised between land and water, tradition and modernity, permanence and porosity.

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Situated on a ten-acre property patiently acquired over a decade, the home is nestled quietly between the Chapora River and a mangrove belt, anchored in place by three man-made salt pans that dictate not just the footprint but the spirit of the architecture.

Home to be discovered

Stringent regulations limiting the home's built-up area forced the designers to distill the design philosophy to its purest essence. The designers intended the home not to be adorned — but to be discovered. From the outset, the vision shared by architect and client was one of restraint and reverence: a spatial response guided not by ornament, but by climate, context, and material truth.

Anchored in concrete