MODERNIST'S MADRAS

In the evolving heart of Madras, a modern family home by Gowri Adappa reawakens with traditional undercurrents of unique art objects and a serene courtyard that bridges time and generations together

- PRATISHTHA RANA

We're all familiar with the fierce tenderness that timely greets us when we visit our ancestral homes. It is unfiltered, unspoken but always abundant. A likely recipe for nostalgia, they say. But what becomes of nostalgia when you reinvent the experience of multigenerational homes in the new urban world?

In the evolving clutches of Chennai's business district is a family home reconstructed for its dwellers across generations with Gowri Adappa of her studio a design co. at the fore. Once a primary abode for four, the structure was meticulously brought down to remodel three levels and a stilt.