Initiated as one of our statement projects, this modern home in Hulimavu is a nuanced blend of different textures and landscapes set in an open plan.

Front elevation of Mr Jayachandra’s residence.
At Design Thoughts, we have handled several clients with different preferences. This client came with a fascinating vision of building a multi-story home with three rented spaces and a duplex set in a Neo-Classical Architecture style home. This 40′ x 60′ plot provided us with the opportunity for development for such requirements. This blog will take you through the design process, planning, and spatial imagination.
Gist From Client Discussion
“A spaciously planned modern home with functional green pockets” was the initial brief from the client. We followed this throughout the design phase of the home, bringing the outdoors into the indoors with balconies, hardscape, and softscape. Our designers matched the indoor textures to complement these green pockets. The modern elements in the exterior subtly exude minimalism and a contemporary aesthetic that blends with the site’s neighborhood.
So, creating a cohesive G+1 unit harmonizes living spaces and considers family members’ privacy, and we proceeded with this idea for the client.
Breaking Down Challenges
The only challenge we enjoyed solving was incorporating green spaces into the modern home plan. We located lovely outdoor decks on the eastern side of the home that open from the living and dining spaces. Per the client’s wish, we gave an inaugural entrance with lush landscape elements in the north.
To make these landscape spaces even more enthralling, we introduced elements like criss-cross jalli and metal pergola to create interesting shadow patterns.

Outdoor landscape area.
Details Seen From Afar
A critical thing about minimalism is the little details that might go unnoticed as seen from far away. But when you look closely at it, they make all the difference to the design. In this modern home, the nuances in the interior-exterior spaces elevate these areas.

Mild-steel wrap around the balcony space adds depth to the elevation.
Entrance
At the entrance of this north-facing modern home, a lush green landscape seamlessly integrates into the design. A metal gate on the northeast side provides access to the landscaped area next to the living space. The design prioritizes pedestrian entry, featuring grass pathways, while the adjacent car parking area is paved and distinctly zoned. The contrasting colors and textures create a sophisticated and visually striking entryway.

Green spaces in the entrance.
Metal Detailing
The highlights of metal frames, grills, and openings add a touch of modernity to this minimal home. Metal detailing satisfies the safety factor and seamlessly merges with the color palette of the exterior. Beam metal framing also tones down the structural elements exposed in the facade. Textures like wooden false ceilings, stone-clad columns, and entrances keep the metal details in the spotlight.

Highlighting metal details.
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Wooden Textures
We walk through a copious amount of wood in the interiors that sends a bold and edgy setting. Wood might be an overpowering feature if not used correctly. So, we restricted its usage of window framing, doors, storage units, and traditional spaces like the Puja room interiors. Calming wall paint colors, bold marble cladding, glass railing, and other landscape features give the interior an exuberant vibe.

An infusion of wood, marble and warm whites.
Home Planning
As the clients liked a fusion of interior and exterior spaces, an open planning layout eventually became the option for the clients. The plot is 50′ x 100′, facilitating dedicated landscape design and outdoor family hangout areas.

Home entrance with highlighting elevation features.
The main entrance for the home faces east, unlike the north-facing plot. A small sit-out area helps demarcate the entry from the parking and pedestrian entryways. The client, a reputed engineer with a product management background, wanted a nice home-office area secluded from the living spaces. We zoned the office space at the home’s entrance with a lobby separating it from the rest of the house.
Open Plan With Partition and Privacy
Following basic Vastu principles, the northeast corner is the Puja room, and a small foyer adjacent to it becomes the initial point of the rest of the living spaces. This foyer opens to a grand double-height living room with a Buddha statue and landscape feature extending in the setback. A statement interior partition wall with a TV unit on one side and a crockery unit on the other separates the living/dining areas. We included an individual opening to the landscape area from the dining. Further, a lavish L-shaped kitchen with a high breakfast table acts like a demarcator.
The landscape area from the living room is detailed to provide a calming outdoor space with seats, water features, stone cladding, vegetation, and a Buddha statue. This place speaks for itself and is a sensory enhancer in the modern home.

A play of shadows.
Private Family Areas and Hangout Areas
The clients wanted to keep the public and semi-private areas, like the guest bedroom on the ground floor. The first floor and the terrace floor include bedrooms and semi-open spaces on the terrace. The stairwell with a skylight feature floods both floors with natural light.
Connecting Plan and Facade
We zoned a lovely family lounge with floor-to-ceiling glazing that overlooks the living below on one side and opens to a balcony on the other. As this balcony is in the facade, a metal grill wrap with a metal-clad slab completes it. The rest of the first floor has three bedrooms, each with a balcony area. The balcony in the master bedroom opens to the house’s frontage and becomes a facade feature. To add grandeur to this balcony, we put a double-height pergola above it that extends up to the open terrace. The two other balconies are in the kids’ bedrooms, and floor-to-ceiling metal grills are used for safety.
The other side of the terrace has a functional utility space and a skylight above the staircase. The balconies occupy most of the facade, adding depth to the entire building, as shown in the level and texture variations.

Private family lounge over the double-height.
Exterior elements that make the house look the way it is:
- A dark grey, rough texture concrete wall supports the pergola above the balcony.
- Stone-clad columns in the parking.
- False wood and stone-clad slabs for the balcony
- Exterior accent lighting
- A combination of glass and metal railing

Elevation image after completion
Spatial Understanding of Interiors
The interiors of this home are eclectic as they use wood and glass, along with marble cladding. The partition wall design makes it stand out as a fake wall. The polished teak used in the windows and doors is followed throughout the interiors, too.
In the living room, a state-of-the-art chandelier adorns the double-height. Also, the three large windows above the living cut-out let in plenty of natural light. The TV unit is finished in grey tint cladding with gold detailing, while on the rear is a vibrant wood crockery unit with glass shutters. Each storage shelf has strip lighting that becomes the focal point for the ground floor.

The kitchen is in a mild grey color that has a glossy texture. Wooden storage spaces for display and a tall breakfast counter in wood also maintain the home’s overall ambiance.

The mild-grey gloss finished kitchen contrasts the wooden interiors.
In the Puja room, the clients preferred a complete wood interior, including a door frame of one-foot width. The pooja room has marble storage at the bottom and an elevated shrine with accent lighting. The warm backlighting for the level differences in this room also brings out a traditional look.
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A traditional Puja set-up.
All bed spaces have study spaces with storage that follow a similar monochromatic color palette.


Subtle themed bedrooms.
The balconies have glass railings and wooden-clad slabs visible from the outside. These slabs have lush green planters that seem like a natural shift in exterior cladding materials.
Conclusion-
This abode embodies modernity, contemporary elements, and natural textures that make a harmonious living space. The seamless transitions from the interiors to the exteriors with a play of shadows make this a wholesome family space. The house also gets ample natural light, while the choice of light fixtures in the interior reflects opulence. Overall, this home indulges in a multifaceted notion that will hold sway for many years.
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