Karai was conceptualised to provide an experience of living in the palms of mother earth. Built hands-on this weekend home located in the serene vicinity of coastal Kuvathur, about eighty kilometres from Chennai, was conceived as a simple experiment with techniques that felt native yet contemporary to the region.
Architecture firm
RAIN Studio of Design, Chennai
Location
ECR, Kuvathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Photography
Yash R Jain, Ekansh Goel
Principal architect
Sriram Adhitya, Vamsi Krishna
Design team
Sriram Adhitya, Vamsi Krishna, Ankita Alessandra Bob, Gokulraj Vijayakumar
Structural engineer
Pentalpha Consultants
Landscape
RAIN Studio of Design
Material
CSEB Masonry, Mangalore roof tiles, Kota, Red sandstone, Yellow Jaisalmer stone, Oxide finishes
Typology
Residential › Private Farmhouse
The house derives its name from the video game of the 90s - Tetris and is designed as an interlocking composition of many smaller volumes. The house is situated in Greater Noida and is built on a plot size of 200 square meters.
Project name
Tetris House
Architecture firm
Chaukor Studio
Location
Greater Noida, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photography
Ekansh Goel (Studio Recall). Videography by Studio Sohaib
Principal architect
Nilesh Bansal
Design team
Tejeshwi Bansal, Ritu Singh
Interior design
Chaukor Studio
Civil engineer
Tariq Siddhiqui
Structural engineer
EBI India
Environmental & MEP
Chaukor Studio
Supervision
Chaukor Studio
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
