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Indian studio Kiron Cheerla Architecture has completed Pott House, a home in Hyderabad topped by a lantern-like roof that draws light and natural ventilation into its interiors.
Pott House occupies half of a garden plot characterised by loose black cotton soil, leading Kiron Cheerla Architecture to design a lightweight gridded structure with pile foundations.
It is built from local and cost-effective materials, including Maddi timber, corrugated aluminium and rough brickwork, which the studio said gives a “vintage house effect”.
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“The design of the house was heavily influenced by the chosen wooden structural system, maintaining a single-story base with a smaller first-floor level,” the studio’s founder Kiron Cheerla told Dezeen.
“We strategically incorporated north-facing clerestory windows and skylights at the structure’s peak to promote natural ventilation, enable passive cooling and achieve a desired aesthetic effect,” he added.
The ground floor of Pott House is organised around a full-height living and dining space at its centre, which sits beneath the exposed timber trusses of the steeply sloping roof.
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Ropes on the ground floor enable the windows in the projecting roof to be opened to create a stack ventilation effect, while sunlight from this area is filtered through a slatted wooden panel. At night, lights inside glow outwards through the roof to create a lantern-like effect.
Facing north, a wall of full-height windows and glass doors provides a connection to the garden, where a small patio is sheltered by the steep slope of the corrugated-aluminium roof.
On either side of this living area, the bedroom and kitchen occupy more intimate rooms with lower ceilings and dark wood-lined walls.
A smaller first floor occupies the southern half of the home. It provides two further bedrooms connected by a walkway that overlooks the living area below from a small balcony.
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The interiors of Pott House are defined by the exposed structure and panelling of dark Maddi timber, while externally the walls have a finish of exposed rough brickwork, both to provide cost-effectiveness and a “vintage” feel.
“A consistent colour palette featuring earthy tones like red brick, orange wood, and cream flooring, which are compatible with each other, unifies the space,” said the studio.
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While the remainder of the site is currently a large garden, the client hopes to expand the site in future to create a central courtyard space surrounded by additional buildings.
Elsewhere in Hyderabad, local practice Sona Reddy Studio recently drew on vernacular materials for a restaurant in the Jubilee Hills neighbourhood and Nowhere used brick dust to plaster a house it refurbished.
The photography is by Vivek Eadara.
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