Origami House By Studiio Dangg

Fold Theory :  Design Playbook of Curves, Creases and Calm for a Modern Delhi Home by Studiio Dangg

• Project Name: Origami House
• Area: 2200 sq ft
• Location: Delhi, India
• Typology: Residential
• Principal Designer: Studiio Dangg
• Photographer: Avesh Gaur

For this newlywed couple, leaving their parents’ home was the first crease, an intentional fold that marked the beginning of the life they are shaping together. They envisioned a home that could hold their individual edges while guiding them into a shared form. Like origami, where every bend has purpose and every contour reveals character, this Mansarover Garden residence by Studiio Dangg reflects the poetry of their partnership. Spaces fold into one another with ease, planes meet softly, and details taper and expand like paper in motion. What emerges is a warm, subtly playful cocoon, an evolving sculpture of their new life, crafted one thoughtful fold at a time. Set atop the family residence, the house abandons the conventional Delhi template in favour of a refined, textured language. 

As the building is nestled in a west-facing row cluster, the house receives restricted natural light.  With limited natural light, a central spinal lobby becomes the guiding crease of the plan. The functions of the house are folded along the centre, on the left of the lobby, the public zone comprising the living, dining, and guest bedrooms and on the right lies the private zone, the master suite.

The home opens to the lobby clad in grey marble bordered in black, anchoring the house and guiding toward each space with gentle progression. In the living room, an expansive relief wall elongates the narrow linear volume. The relief wall sports a layered composition of curved and perpendicular shapes and forms, synonymous with the divergent personalities of the homeowners. In contrast, the dining area adorns a backlit wallpaper panel that wraps around the corner, overlapping and providing respite from the relief wall, while scalloped details arising from the wall, sweep into the ceiling, echoing the recurrent geometry of an origami sheet mid-transformation. Wooden flooring, a custom marble dining table and soft Travertine forms continue this sense of flowing tactility, while a vivid Loops LJ rug slices through the calm, adding dimension without disruption. Two guest rooms continue this narrative in material and play of forms. One features a rose-pink arched suede bed-back, bold yet soft, while the other uses warm wood and moulded wallpaper to enliven a room without natural light. Each space feels like its own fold: distinct, purposeful and connected to the whole.

On the other side of the lobby sits the master suite, a montage of curves, flutes, arches and rectilinear lines shaped by the couple’s varied tastes. Here, salmon tones meet monochrome wallpaper, and a luxe walk-in wardrobe contrasts with rough stone finishes, keeping the space visually engaging. Here, the home’s language reaches its most expressive moment: layered, textured and deeply personal.

The Origami home stands as a reminder that life, like the craft, is shaped not by grand gestures, but by the quiet persistence of small, deliberate folds. With every crease, the couple continues to sculpt a form that is wholly their own: simple, intentional, and original. Unlike a finished project, this is not a home frozen in its finished state, but an origami sculpture mid-unfurl, awaiting transformations and receptive to new contours.