The Earth Home is an architecture and interior design practice based in Delhi NCR, with premium projects all across India. The architecture of The Earth Home is informed by their study of sun movement, winds and natural features. They create from hedonism – the inherent desire for luxury and the elegance of living.
Project Name: Rubik’s Cube
Studio Name: The Earth Home Architecture
Location: New Delhi
Year established: 2016
Principal architect: Adreesh Chakraborty
Photographer: Mr. A P Chauhan
The spaces and objects are designed to last generations and are the monuments, vintages and antiques of tomorrow. Their aim is to create a future where humanity can build and thrive consciously with the planet and stay harmoniously with all its diversity of life.
The site, a 2000 sq. mtr. plot, at the periphery of the New Delhi, had a full grown tree line close to the northern edge of the site apart from the trees that dotted the other edges.
The house was designed to sit close to this tree line with the north face opening onto the foliage. The house was conceived like a cuboid with chunks of double height volumes subtracted from various parts of the cuboid. This subtraction was used as a strategy to open up spaces from within to look onto the most desired areas. The zoning was an outcome of climatic design with the summer sun being cut off from the main habitable areas by buffer zones like dressers and toilets.
The house is awash with natural light with large decks and verandahs opening onto the greens. The spaces are bold and the movement feels dynamic with large volumes and planes cantilevered across the lines of sight.
The house is fitted with a heated wave pool, a gymnasium, a salon with a service lift apart from a main passenger lift. The basement is washed with natural light with strategic volumetric subtractions that create the entry foyer and extended part of the party areas in the basement.
