The design brief was to create an intimate space and a two-story home to age in place, with enough space for the couple’s children and grandchildren to visit, and to be able to entertain large groups. The clients are wellness-focused in their daily rituals, so, the design for their home maximizes that, with relaxing spaces specifically created for meditation. 

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Actual Architecture created a house, that reacted to the client’s needs, whilst also creating spaces that capitalized on different times of the day. The master bedroom is its own small intimate space, connected by a hallway to the center of the home: its living, dining, and kitchen. There’s a separate small home office on the ground floor and children bedrooms with a guest room located upstairs.

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The home is designed to encourage outdoor circulation. The living room, kitchen, and dining area are all set to capture the natural daylight. To emphasize the barrier-breaking between indoor and outdoor spaces, the laser cut metallic Jaali essentially disappear between the outdoor spaces and living area.

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Actual Architecture planned and designed for the transient separation between the clients and their visitors. Designed as a transformational space, the clients can condense and shut-off certain areas of the house to live in a smaller sector when it’s just the two of them at home alone; and when they have guests, the glass walls in the living area fold away making the home ideal for entertaining. 

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It was important that there was a minimal amount of artificial elements used throughout the detailing, the attention to detail is apparent in the execution and alignment of the floors, walls and ceiling. A simple material palette of wood, natural stone, and glass carries throughout the house, with cladded ceilings adding warmth and texture to both interior settings and the outdoor areas. We worked with the clients to select and commission a range of furniture in soft white/beige tones, setting the stage for pops of colour.