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THE TERRACOTTA HOUSE
Architecture + Design|July 2022
The project designed by Studio Archohm is a contemporary Indian household for a joint family spread across three generations, seamlessly creating visually interconnected spaces.
THE TERRACOTTA HOUSE

Project: Terracotta House, Agra; Architects: Studio Archohm

AR. SOURABH GUPTA

Founder, Archohm

Sourabh Gupta graduated in architecture, from the School of Architecture, CEPT University at Ahmedabad in India. With the insight provided there by the best in the realm of architecture, coupled with a stint in urban design from the architecture school at TU delft, the Netherlands and most importantly, propelled by a compulsive need to travel, explore and design, Gupta initiated Studio Archohm. He is also the co-founder of The Design Village - a design college and Design Factory India, a multi-disciplinary design firm.

The terracotta house stands like a warm oasis in conversation with its neighbour- Gupta Residence. The house exemplifies a relationship between neutral grey concrete and earthy terracotta. Terracotta tiles wrap the façade to mystify the lives within, and create a harmonious world outside with a walkway and lush greens. The residents are a family of five across three generations.

The balmy attitude of the house is inspired by the congenial etiquette of the family inside. A colour palette carrying white and earthy tones, welcomes a visitor with a voluminous double-height entrance lobby and a bridge on the top that defines the experience of the journey throughout the house. A Peter Lik piece adorns the entry and a suspended flock of unique stainless steel birds conceptualized by Mukul Goyal ushers a curious visitor inside with each bird performing a distinct activity.

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