This modern minimalist style farmhouse sits in a prime gated complex in Delhi with a site area of 4.15 acres and a built-up area of about 6000 sqft divided between two floors. The estate is surrounded by lush green lawns and trees all around and the driveway leading up to the house has well maintained hedges and flowering plants along.
Project Name: MEHALIN FARM
Studio Name: Ajay Nirmal Architects
Project Location: New Delhi
Completion Year: 2025
Site Area: 4.5 Acres
Built up Area: 6000 sqft
Team: Ajay Nirmal, Rishabh Bhardwaj, Surender Singh
Photography: Tarang Goyal
The lawns are a delight to spend time in the evening away from the otherwise dense Delhi neighborhood with only sounds of chirping birds and peacocks walking all around.
The lower floor is primarily to host guests with a large hall which leads to a semi private den, bar and dining. It also houses the master bedroom for the parents along with two guest bedrooms. A corridor runs all around wrapping the public zones in the ground floor as an extended sit-out zone to enjoy the landscape. The upper floor has another master bedroom and kids bedrooms for the son and his family.
The driveway between the landscapes brings us to a large porch with marble flooring and a pivoted classical wooden door. On either side are niches housing bamboo planters and lights to enhance the warmth. As one enters the house, they are greeted by a large golden foil artwork at the foyer with a statue of Lord Ganesh placed in front on a raised platform. The foyer is centered as such that the public zones and the private zones of the house are divided right from there. It also has ample amount of light travelling though it from the large glass panes all around.
From the foyer a visitor is directed towards the drawing room and den or the family members can directly walk into the corridor to reach the family room or the bedrooms.
The drawing room and the den both emphasize on large openings with expansive glazing, which provide ample natural light into the space and create a seamless transition between the indoors and outdoors. The walls have muted mouldings to emit an overall sense of neoclassical interiors.
The drawing room, made to host about 15-20 people is designed with soft pastel beige tones on both the walls and its furniture to enhance the extensive green landscape around it. The space is accentuated further with a walnut wooden ceiling and a large focal ceiling hanging light.
On the other hand, the den was ideated to feel rustic yet an intimate setting for private gatherings. The den also hosts a bar area and leather couches that makes it more cozy. It also opens up to the expansive lush green lawns outside on two sides. The front wall is painted dark forest green to blend with the landscape and to feel more warmth, it is adorned with a fireplace and classical mouldings. The living and the den can also seamlessly connect with one another with a sliding door between them. Both the rooms are also filled with multiple traditional Kashmiri carpets to add colours and intricacy.
The dining area is considered the center point of the house and is connected to the den through the bar and to the rest of the house through the corridor. It showcases a fusion of classical elegance and clean modernity, where the dining table and chairs themselves are very classical in style, solid wood with intricate mouldings. The simple mouldings adorn the walls and add to the clean line geometry on the other hand. The texture painted ceiling has a deep recess to highlight verticality and at the center hangs an antique rose gold crystal chandelier.
Next to the dining is a formal coffee area for any visitor who is to be hosted for a short while. This area also opens up to large window panes and a sculpture court at its back. It has fluidic furniture with curves in bright lavender tone to break with the rest of the zones.
The large corridor connecting the formal and informal zones of the house is kept minimal with beige marble flooring, clean ceilings with only accent lighting. They were also filled with large artworks and carefully selected plants.
The family lounge at the rear is used as a private gathering space and TV watching area for the family. The TV wall has a veneer wall paneling with wooden mouldings and a brass bookshelf. The TV unit itself was finished in wooden and dark grey stone. The rest of the walls were painted in a warm beige tone to enhance the volume of the space and again connect with the overall landscape areas through large glazing.
The design philosophy embodies simplicity and functionality which seamlessly blends the interior spaces to the surroundings, creating a serene abode where one can truly escape from the hustle and bustle of the urban life.
