Poetics of Space

The sculptural façade of Anv new boutique property in Ne designed by Vishal K. Dar, is beginning of its many secret delights.

- ANUBHUTI KRISHNA

The first thing you notice is the striking façade. Made up of bright yellow sculpted walls that rise and fall at will— sometimes cascading like a waterfall, sometimes rising like a hill—it evokes curiosity and wonder. Juxtaposed against this fluid, almost living and breathing structure stands a strikingly angular glass pavilion, overhanging on one end, extending into a wooden deck on the other. The deck leads you to a rich, greenmarble pool, and the pool, in turn, opens up to dense foliage of local trees. Walking through Anvaya, a chic new boutique property in Chattarpur in New Delhi, is like unravelling a mystery—where every step unearths a new secret.

“Anvaya is a private luxury sanctuary where we want to offer the charm of simple living,” says Shivan Gupta, founder of boutique French patisserie Monique and Amaara Farms, a luxe banqueting space in Delhi. Anvaya is Shivan’s latest venture and his mother, Mrs. Rama Gupta-Tandon’s dream project. While the entire property—designed by architect Vishal K. Dar—is a design marvel, for Shivan and his mother, the site remains the most important element of the story.