Concrete columns frame open living spaces of Indian home by Taliesyn
Steeply pitched tiled roofs perched on concrete columns shelter the breezy interiors of House by the Grove, a weekend retreat on the outskirts of Bengaluru designed by Indian architecture studio Taliesyn.
Located alongside a grove of trees near the town of Magadi, the 5,433-square-foot (505-square-metre) dwelling was completed for a family of three to be a place for "reflection and slowing down" away from the city.
Organised in an L-shape around a cluster of large boulders and trees, Taliesyn designed the home to be able to extend into the landscape, with open living spaces wrapped by sliding glass walls and concrete colonnades.
"The home is a response to the relentless pulse of Bangalore's urban sprawl and the human desire to dwell in the midst of nature," Taliesyn co-founder and principal designer Shalini Chandrashekar told Dezeen.
"Functioning as a focal point for social gatherings and celebrations, the living areas of the residence spill into each other to form a unified, singular entity."
"This interplay of volumes is punctuated with a series of columns, creating a cadence of light and shadow that shifts throughout the day," she added.
House by the Grove is centred around a double-height living, dining and kitchen space, flanked by fully retractable glass walls that allow it to open both to the central grove and the landscape to the south.
To the northeast, the smaller leg of the L-shaped plan contains an open verandah that forms the home's entryway, ending in a small pool of water and a landscape view.
Capping each of these volumes are two steeply pitched tiled roofs, supported by concrete columns and black steel frames and finished in clay Mangalore tiles in reference to the client's Mangalorian heritage.
Inserted into these tiled roofs are a small number of custom glass tiles, which create a "dynamic and immersive" pattern of sunlight in the interiors that move throughout the day.
To complement this play of light and shadow, Taliesyn finished the interiors with smooth cement surfaces, Tandur stone flooring and ashwood carpentry.
Two en-suite bedrooms and a library are tucked into the quieter ends of this main living volume, which they overlook from a balcony and a small shuttered window. To the west, a standalone guest annexe contains an additional bedroom.
While these smaller spaces are designed to act as more private "sanctuaries", connections to the outdoors are created via terracotta-tiled terraces on the first floor and bathrooms extending into small, curved open-air gardens on the ground floor.
"Thoughtfully placed pause points, such as bay windows, encourage moments of stillness, creating opportunities for reflection and slowing down," Chandrashekar said.
"The open-to-sky bathrooms further extend this dialogue with nature, inviting the experience of rain, breeze, and natural light into daily rituals," she added.
Elsewhere in Bengaluru, Taliesyn recently completed a home on an urban site defined by an earth-tone palette and rough textures, as well as its own studio space, which features a black steel-frame infilled with terracotta blocks and concrete panels.
The photography is by Syam Sreesylam.
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