DESKTOP STUDY

Chromatic House is designed as ‘a conversation between whimsy and

simplicity’.
Chromatic Glass
Chromatic glass is used in ICU’s, meeting rooms etc. it
can control the transparent efficiency of glass and
protects the interior from daylight. The chromatic glass
may be photochromic which has light sensitive
lamination, thermos-chromatic which has heat
sensitive lamination and electrochromic which has
electric lamination over it.
INTRODUCTION
• PROJECT NAME:-Chromatic house
• LOCATION:-Gurugram,India
• COMPLETION YEAR:-2022
• ARCHITECTS:-Anagram Architects
• LEAD ARCHITECTS:-
• AREA
CONCEPT
• The family home blocks extraneous views while
expansively opening up to a large lawn and vegetable
garden where a long verandah shaded by a pergola is
located. Red tinted concrete in expressed formwork for
the home’s exterior, which transitions to smooth grey
concrete internally. Similarly, diagonally patterned yellow
brick contrasts with thin-section birch joinery to add
delicate warmth to the light-filled interior.
• Rectangular urban plots usually generate rectilinear
plans, resulting in stratified and compartmentalized
domestic lives,’ explains the studio. ‘Even without
pandemic-induced isolations, urban families often desire
deeper, almost rural, linkages and balance between the
home and a private garden. Keen on a light-hearted and
vibrant city home, our clients, a youthful family of five,
desired an active lifestyle invested in spending time
together.’
CIRCULATION/
ZONING
• The design departs from the urban box-form by
referencing a more rural pitched roof form with a long
verandah. Whimsical features such as vibrant tones and
a play of light are combined with stark, simple volumes
for a balanced result.
• Inside, the home’s bedrooms, which are located on the
first floor, ‘spill onto’ a large tapered A-frame volume
that accommodates a mezzanine lounge and the living,
dining and kitchen in an open plan. This volume opens
up to the lawn and vegetable garden through a long
verandah shaded by a pergola, while the study in the
attic whimsically connects with it through a slide tucked
under the stairs.
Exterior view of the house showing the angle flap windows and the shaded deck
kids room.
Family kitchen & living area.
Slide opening into the family living
room.
red tinted concrete in expressed formwork for the home’s exterior
the home is protected from exterior views the red shade transitions to smooth
grey concrete internally
VENTILATION/
PASSIVE DESIGN
STRATEGIES
• All the building materials used were sourced within a 300 mile
radius from the site, prioritizing the use of north Indian marbles
instead of imported stones.
• The building’s linear form and glare protected windows, aligned
to the open lawn and punctured by a fabric shaded open atrium,
help orientate it in a way that maximizes daylighting and
minimizes extraneous views and solar thermal heat gain passively.
• The substantial heating and cooling required in the north Indian
semi-arid, semi-humid subtropical climate is actively addressed by
an under-floor radiant heating and cooling HVAC system.
• In addition, photovoltaics installed on the sloping roof generate
energy to be fed back to the grid, while almost half of the site is a
lawn meant to soak up runoff from extreme rain incidents that
are now quite common in the region.
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