S House

S HOUSE
MAHARANI BAUGH, DELHI
Plot Area: 7,200 sq ft

Built Up Area: 18,000 sq ft
Project Timeline: 2013 – 2017
MATRA ARCHITECTS & RURBAN PLANNERS, NEW DELHI

Principal Architect: Verendra Wakhloo
Project Team: Priyank jain, Vinay Saxena, Shweta Garg, Harjas Kaur Makkar, Hitesh
Katiyar, Sanjay Devrani
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1 | S HOUSE > MATRA ARCHITECTS & RURBAN PLANNERS
S House is located in Maharani Bagh, New Delhi. It’s a cuboidal
mass of exposed concrete which is an envelope for a private
residence. The site is a dense cluster of houses placed in
extremely close proximity to each other. This affects the sense of
privacy and the natural green spaces a house needs for creating
a balanced lifestyle.
The challenge today lies in developing building typologies that reinstate a balance
between built and open landscape areas, fundamental to integral living. Le Corbusier
professed in his “five-points” of architecture, published in the journal “L’Esprit
Nouveau”, the design of a new building type for the future city. The issues raised by
him in the 1920s, have strong validity even today and the design of the S-Residence
in south of Delhi elucidates four of his points:
1. Building on pilotis – the open ground floor is planned as common parking & for
the support staff
2. The roof garden – large gardens/decks are extensions of the indoor spaces and
serve as a significant space for outdoor living
3. The free plan – spaces can be configured freely in each floor, unencumbered by
the supporting structure
4. Free façade – openings are cut into the external walls in response to climate,
natural light, access to decks and vantage points
The monolithic textured concrete, created by use of pine wood shuttering, constitutes
the main building material and blurs the distinction between structure and surface,
inside and outside. In contrast, the bare rock form awaits natures dynamic.
Axonometric Views
The form of S-House is composed of two duplex units, dovetailed as two L-shaped
juxtaposed building volumes, that contain the stilt floor, ground floor / first floor and
second floor / third floor, respectively and are designed to accommodate the client’s
brief. He wanted a house consisting of two self-contained residences of similar area
program. The entire methodology of generating the comprehensive form is based
on chiseling out vertical and horizontal volumes, enabling light penetration, vistas,
insertion of structure, services and hanging gardens within.
The design leads to create a greater sense of living and enhances the living
experience with in a thoughtful articulation of the plan. Facilities internally have a
balance of privacy as well as a smooth connection with the external environment.
Two exposed concrete cores of similar size integrate staircases / lift / MEP services
and are the only structural support to the building above the stilt area. This nearly
indiscernible arrangement reinforces the idea of spatial continuity and porosity of
all spaces.
Above: Entrance to the building
Left: Entrance to the house

Above: Terrace space creating an experience of architectural expression

of solid and void, light and shadow
Above: Internal staircase with the skylight creates a

light well effect
11 | S HOU SE > MATRA ARCHITECTS & RURBAN PLANNERS
Above: Brass staircase highlights the space

Above: Void enables penetration of light and fresh air

Above: Service staircase in red breaks the monotony Above: Spiral Staircase with glass flooring
of concrete
Above: Low windows along the passages

Above: Sitout by the window

Above: Minimal interior space

Above and Left: Terrace space

Above Left & Right: Artificial and natural light details

7 15 2
10
3 17
a a'
2 3
10 a a'
a'
16 1
3 17
1
1. entrance vestibule
3. court basement lvl
7. family
a 15. a'
laundry
16. spa 1. entrance vestibule
17. pool 2. staff
3. court basement lv
1. entrance vestibule 10. stair to staff
7. family
15. laundry
16. spa
17. pool
Basement Plan
basement floor
1
stilt floor
basement floor 1. entrance vestibule

2. staff
10. stair to staff
Stilt Floor Plan
stilt floor
9 8
10 7
a 1 a'
11
1. entrance vestibule
4. living
5. dining
4 12 6. kitchen
7. family
8. library
9. bedroom
10. stair to staff
11. samba stair gf/ff
12. water body
ground floor
Ground Floor Plan

9 9
13 9
a a'
11
9. bedroom
11. samba stair gf/ff
13. garden/deck
first floor
First Floor Plan

15
13 14
13
a a'
13
7. family
9 9. bedroom
13. garden/deck
14. gym
15. laundry
second floor
Second Floor Plan

9 9
a a'
5
4 4. living
5. dining
6. kitchen
7. family
9. bedroom
third floor
Third Floor Plan

Front Elevation
front elevat
Side Elevation
Section section
Section Detail
PRODUCT & MATERIAL APPLICATIONS Iron Mongery: SK Metal, Ferrous Designs

Cladding: Ultratech Exposed RCC Pool: Divine Water Crafts
Windows: Metra from Mixx Windows Stone Laying: Sri Pawan
Lighting: Murano Lighting
Colour: Oikos from Oikos Paints KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Sanitaryware: Laufen from FCML Structural: Optimal Engineers
Bath Fittings: Gessi from FCML Civil: GSBA
Furniture: Miscellaneous Landscape: Matra
Furnishing: Mac Blinds MEP: Deepak Khosla, Lirio Lopez
Hardware: D-line, Renson HVAC: SNC
Modular Kitchen: FCML PMC: RRA
Veneer: Coast to Coast
Stone: Grey Granitello PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
Wooden Flooring: FCML Suryan Dang
Security: Samsung
Air Conditioning: Toshiba
Home Automation: Schneider
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S HOUSE

MAHARANI BAUGH, DELHI

Plot Area: 7,200 sq ft

MATRA ARCHITECTS & RURBAN PLANNERS, NEW DELHI

S House is located in Maharani Bagh, New Delhi. It’s a cuboidal

mass of exposed concrete which is an envelope for a private

residence. The site is a dense cluster of houses placed in

extremely close proximity to each other. This affects the sense of

Above: Entrance to the building

Left: Entrance to the house

Above: Terrace space creating an experience of architectural expression

Above: Internal staircase with the skylight creates a

Above: Brass staircase highlights the space

Above: Void enables penetration of light and fresh air

Above: Low windows along the passages

Above: Sitout by the window

Above: Minimal interior space

Above and Left: Terrace space

Above Left & Right: Artificial and natural light details

basement floor 1. entrance vestibule

Stilt Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

PRODUCT & MATERIAL APPLICATIONS Iron Mongery: SK Metal, Ferrous Designs

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