House between a Park and a Forest / Bhartia Residence

 Set on a large lot in South Delhi, this was a residential project on an institutional scale. Designed for twofamilies to live side by side, with distinct needs and requirements. The brief was to create two abuttingbuildings that house very disparate programs and yet externally give the appearance of a single building.Located on a busy thoroughfare in the Kailash hills area, the site is located between a very largemunicipal park across the street and an ancient scrub forest to its rear. The design was an attempt tocreate maximum versatility in the program whilst also maximizing the views to the greens surroundingthe site. Structurally the challenge was to meet the many functional and aesthetic requirements –including surface parking, ceiling heights, and complex network of services while fulfilling the complexand often contrary functional and aesthetic requirements.