Arora Residence

Conceived as a contemporary farmhouse for a multigenerational family, the Arora Residence transforms the conventional relationship between house and garden into a continuous architectural experience. Rather than occupying the landscape, the residence is woven into it, allowing existing trees, shifting topography and framed vistas to shape both the planning and the spatial character of the home.

Responding to the client’s aspiration for openness while balancing privacy, security and Vastu principles, the design organises the programme as a series of interconnected volumes embedded within the landscape. The main residence and entertainment pavilion are carefully positioned around existing tree clusters, creating a sequence of courts, gardens and outdoor rooms that blur the threshold between inside and outside. Throughout the home, framed views and generous spill-out spaces ensure that nature remains a constant presence, while maintaining distinct zones for family life, entertaining and quiet retreat.

The architecture draws its identity from a composition of monumental walls, transparent volumes and landscaped courts. Vertical planes establish rhythm and privacy while framing long views across the site, creating a dialogue between solidity and openness. The interplay of curvilinear landscape elements with orthogonal built forms lends the residence a timeless character, balancing contemporary expression with a sense of permanence.

Environmental performance is embedded from the outset. Existing vegetation is retained as a defining design element, while passive solar orientation, natural ventilation and the site’s undulating topography contribute to thermal comfort throughout the year. Landscape extends beyond amenity to become environmental infrastructure, moderating microclimate, filtering views and enriching everyday life.

More than a private residence, the Arora Residence demonstrates how architecture can emerge from the logic of its landscape, creating a home where built form, nature and family life exist as one interconnected whole.