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Windows To Yesterday
Iterations :
The design evolved through a series of iterations in observations from the village. Niches were introduced in walls to hold stories, books, and belongings, creating personal corners within shared spaces. The grid was slightly rotated in parts to break rigidity, allowing softer transitions and informal pauses like storytelling nooks. Using L-shaped rooms helped in overlapping functions while maintaining privacy and visual connections. The roof responded to the movement of daily life, with sloped forms over living areas bringing in light and air, while flat joins and gutters in corridors became quiet, connecting spaces
Thinking Through Plan
As you enter, the first thing you meet is a waterbody, a space to pause and feel. It's where an elderly person might sit every morning, feet dipped in the cool water, watching ripples form like quiet thoughts. It slows you down and invites you in gently.
From there, you move into a courtyard, open to the sky. A shared place where people gather without force, where you might find someone cooking in the open kitchen or sharing a quiet meal at the dining pergola. A child might sit here listening to stories, while a grandmother smiles nearby.
Along the walls are small niches, not just for storage, but for identity, holding books, artwork, photographs. They make the walls speak of the people who live there. Even the corridors are not just paths, but shaded edges that carry wind, water, stories, and sometimes silence. Every corner offers a place to sit, to think, to be.
The whole plan flows like a quiet rhythm, from water to courtyard, from corridor to story corner, making the journey through the home feel like walking through a memory that keeps growing.
Thinking Through Section
In the living space, the sloping roof rises gently above you, creating a sense of openness. This form allows light to spill in, making the space feel alive and comforting.
As you step out into the corridor, the roof shifts to a flat form, a subtle transition that brings you closer to the ground, both physically and emotionally. Here, gutters run along the corridoor catching rainwater during monsoons. The sound of water trickling becomes part of the experience, a soft background rhythm that slows you down, lets you notice the sky, the movement of trees, and the shadows around you.
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