07 · Private Residence
House of Quiet Light
One hundred and fifty-five square metres, four materials, and a window positioned for a single hour of the day.
- Location
- Delhi, India
- Year
- 2021
- Area
- 155 m²
- Duration
- 14 months
A ceramicist and her partner wanted a house that would not compete with the objects made inside it.
We built a neutral vessel: oatmeal plaster, pale ash, paper and raw steel. The only expressive element is a narrow east window aligned to catch the first hour of light across the workshop floor.
- Interior architecture
- Bespoke joinery
- Lighting strategy
- Oatmeal#DED5C6
- Ash#C9C0B2
- Ink#26251F
- Steel#6C6B66
- Oatmeal plaster
- Shikkui lime, hand-finished
- Pale ash
- Quarter-sawn, soap-finished
- Washi paper
- Handmade, Echizen
- Raw steel
- Hot-rolled, waxed
A machiya, halved
The original townhouse was too large for two people. Half was given back to a garden.
One window that matters
A 240mm slot on the east elevation was set out from a survey of sun angles taken across a full year.
Neutral by intent
Every surface was tested against the client’s glazes. Nothing was chosen that would tint a celadon.
Millimetres
All joinery reveals are 6mm. All floor junctions are shadow-gapped. Nothing is scribed; everything is set out.
Quiet, and then quieter
There is no artificial light above 2400K anywhere in the house, and no source visible from any seated position.
- Interior Architecture
- Nesva Studio
- Joinery
- Nakagawa Mokkosho
- Plasterwork
- Kusumi Sakan
- Photography
- Yuki Tanabe
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- Telephone
- +91 9999512096
- Studios
- India
- Availability
- Commissions worldwide
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