Panchlaish Residence

This residence is conceived as a living landscape, rising gently from the ground and unfolding upward through layers of space, shadow, and green. Rather than presenting a singular form, the building is composed of a series of planes and voids, where architecture becomes a framework for light, air, and everyday life. From the outside, the structure appears both grounded and light. Exposed concrete planes establish solidity, while deep overhangs, vertical fins, and timber screens soften the mass. Cascading greenery drapes the terraces, allowing nature to slip into the architecture and blur the boundary between built and planted surfaces. The facade changes with perspective—sometimes dense and protective, sometimes open and porous. Entry is quiet and deliberate. The threshold is defined not by excess, but by compression and release transition from landscape to interior that slows the body and heightens awareness. As one moves inward, spaces begin to open vertically, drawing light deep into the heart of the house.

Public and private zones are woven together through intermediate spaces like landings, terraces, and internal balconies, allowing moments of pause, conversation, and reflection. These in-between spaces create a sense of openness without sacrificing privacy, offering framed views of gardens, sky, and surrounding trees. Materiality throughout the project is restrained and tactile. Concrete provides weight and permanence, timber introduces warmth, glass dissolves boundaries, and vegetation completes the architecture. Light is treated as a material softened, filtered, and reflected shaping atmosphere throughout the day. This project is ultimately about living within layers between inside and outside, structure and nature, movement and stillness. It is a house designed not as an object, but as an experience one that evolves with time, use, and light.