Design » On the Inside

There's a very good chance that a handful of the interiors I'll feature here I saw on the Apple TV series Home. If you subscribe to Apple TV, I recommend watching it for yourself. If you don't—no worries, I'll share the cool ones. This one is called the Wall House in India

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An architect combines contemporary design with handcrafted materials in her unconventional and experimental home.

VIA URBANNEXT.NET

The architect’s residence compactly accommodates everyday needs while effortlessly expanding to absorb guests. It attempted not only to redefine the building program for a private residence, but also tested various spatial and technological innovations to inform other projects. Spatially, it redefined borders and transitional spaces in response to the climatic conditions and contemporary culture.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah—get to the part where Anupama Kundoo—the architect who apparently doesn't deserve being named in other previous descriptions—can move these ginormous walls, so she can play with space and sunlight. Or the roof made completely out of terra cotta pots stacked inside of one another (both pictured in bg)!

What is soulfully beautiful about her home (and all her work I've seen) is the intersection of environmental and social justice issues being included in the problem-solving. Here, Kundoo used locally crafted materials. She connected with the strengths of the territory and the strengths of the artisans working with these materials. She repurposed their work not selling as well. Everything was about sustainability while also supporting the local artisans. Taking all that knowledge to create a modern space, she also is thinking of her mother, who was wheelchair bound. You end up with a piece of artwork that is functional, respectful of the area, and inclusive to all types—those with disabilities, locals, and the area wildlife coming and going through the house as well.

"There's a sense of urgency today in the world... does architecture have to respond by acting in a hurry? Or (the way I'm proposing) take the time... If you don't enable your personal time, you will not be able to use the intelligence you have, because you're not even making time to think."

ABOUT AUROVILLE

If you've read the book from episode 01, Parable of the Sower along with Parable of the Talents, you would know why this part of the story is being included. Auroville (born in February 1968) is a "universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity."

Wall House is situated outside the planned city limits of Auroville, in Auromodele, an area designated for research and experimentation.