Chennai

Located along the East Coast Road by the sea side, the beach house functions as a haven from the bustle of city life.The building explores the notion of objects in a landscape. A strong sense of landscape prevails both within and outside the house. “To bring out and make apparent the invisible logic of nature, one must oppose it with the logic of architecture”. A conscious decision was made to build on just 1/3rd of the site area, the remaining was used to blur the line between built and un-built, carving out spaces for recreation and leisure in the outdoors.The building responds sensitively to local climate by harnessing the prevalent North East sea breeze through careful planning.The house is a composition of 3 juxtaposed objects: Th... En savoir plus

Jashn, a hindi/urdu word for 'celebration' describes the mood of the project. The five story, 30,000 sf. building is designed to house the head-quarters of an established real-estate developer in the city of Chennai. The building will house marketing and executive offices and in essence become the home for the developers' management group Merge Studio was asked to develop a design that would demonstrate the design and construction capabilities of the clients and become the new home that the occupants can be proud of. Nestled in the heart of Chennai and at a corner of narrow tree-lined streets, our studio designed the shimmering 'jewel box' (as we like to call it) and clad it in shades of white transparency. Aware of the challenge of d... En savoir plus