Tawishtayal

A west-facing residence in Rohtak, Haryana, negotiates the pressures of climate, privacy and material permanence through a considered architecture of brick, void and filtered light. Location: Rohtak, Haryana   Area: 5,200 sq. ft.   Type: Residential Concept & Context In the agrarian flatlands of Rohtak, Haryana, belonging is earned through material, proportion and the quiet refusal to impose. The Red Brick House, a 5,200-square-foot residence on a west-facing plot, is built on precisely that premise. In a landscape shaped by dust, heat and seasonal extremes, brick is the only honest answer: durable, almost entirely self-sufficient, and so native to this ground that it seems less chosen than inevitable. Purnesh Dev Nikhan... More