House of Lines and Circles

The house sits in Vilathur, once a small village town in Palakkad district and now a fast-growing centre of trade. The plot lies in the middle of this urban sprawl, which set a particular challenge: an architecture the public could appreciate from the street that still protects the client’s privacy at all times.

The brief is resolved through the placement of the building’s masses, using the negative space between them as part of the composition. A sky-lit internal courtyard and a swimming pool stay hidden inside the massing, so the family can use them in complete privacy.

Circles and straight lines repeat throughout the house at different scales and with different jobs. The long, linear porch spans almost the full width of the house and opens at one end to a pebble garden and a green wall. A textured wall pierced with circular openings separates the porch from the courtyard — balancing the linear form while offering a glimpse inside without giving away privacy.