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The Tesseract House celebrates the play of sun and shade with its orientation, louvred façades, and articulate cantilevers. Designed as a home to intersect openness with leisure, it crafts a dialogue between built and soft spaces. Each edge responds to the north-west-facing site. The house engages the street through a landscaped buffer, while screens preserve privacy from neighbours.
- Project Name: Tesseract House
- Office Name: VPA ARCHITECTS
- Office Website: http://www.vpaarchitects.in/
- Contact email: vpaarchitects@gmail.com
- Firm Location: AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT,INDIA
- Completion Year: 2025
- Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 10,800
- Project Location: AHMEDABAD, INDIA
- Building Function: RESIDENCE
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- Lead Architects: RONAKPATEL, JINALPATEL, NAIYAPATEL
- Lead Architects e-mail: vpaarchitects@gmail.com
- Photo Credits: INCLINEDSTUDIO
From the street, the front elevation unfurls in solar harmony, choreographed to the sun’s arc and anchored by a grid of three bedrooms opening towards the garden. A soaring double-height volume marks the entry, amplifying verticality while guiding light inward. This south-western passage dramatises arrival through vertical sun-breaker louvres, filtering intense sun into soft linear patterns.
Materiality balances form with warmth. Exposed RCC sheer walls, wood-finish aluminium sun-breakers, and traditional louvres paired with sliding windows direct shade and glow, keeping interiors cool and calm. Inside, metal, wood, stone, and lime-finished walls shape a minimal yet elegant theme, punctuated by quirky details like the colourful lounge wall in the basement and bespoke furniture pieces chosen to complement the architecture.
Materiality balances form with warmth. Exposed RCC sheer walls, wood-finish aluminium sun-breakers, and traditional louvres paired with sliding windows direct shade and glow, keeping interiors cool and calm. Inside, metal, wood, stone, and lime-finished walls shape a minimal yet elegant theme, punctuated by quirky details like the colourful lounge wall in the basement and bespoke furniture pieces chosen to complement the architecture.
The ground floor curates intimate, functional spaces tied to manicured landscapes. It houses a formal and intimate living room, a guest bedroom, an elevated dining room, and a parents’ suite in harmony with the outdoors. The parents’ room extends into a verandah opening to the garden- the soul of the house. Together, the verandah and garden compose a striking triad with a double-height porch. Framed like a final shot, this elevated porch, beneath its wooden canopy, becomes a veiled stage of changing moods.
The dining and staircase act as attentive listeners, where family stories unfold. Anchored by a soaring ceiling, the dining flows with kitchen and living into the sculptural staircase, shaping a narrative of openness and connection across levels. Passageways bridge the master and sons’ bedrooms, extending sightlines and carrying conversations through the home.
The dining and staircase act as attentive listeners, where family stories unfold. Anchored by a soaring ceiling, the dining flows with kitchen and living into the sculptural staircase, shaping a narrative of openness and connection across levels. Passageways bridge the master and sons’ bedrooms, extending sightlines and carrying conversations through the home.
The first floor is crowned by striking cantilevers shading all three balconies. Most spectacular is the master bedroom’s cantilever, stretching 15 feet outward into the balcony, softened by vertical louvres and a wooden ceiling. The name Tesseract comes from the bold hanging concrete box cantilevered from the son’s bedroom, shading the verandah below into a serene sanctuary.
Continuing the natural sciography, an outdoor staircase descends into a ‘courtyard in the basement,’ centred on the glassed starry-night swimming pool indoors. The pool stretches into a timber deck and lounge zone, while the indoor staircase links to the gym. The lounge has a projector and a pantry, adjacent to the gym. With changing rooms, toilets, and showers, the basement becomes a hub of leisure, wellness, and cinematic indulgence.
Continuing the natural sciography, an outdoor staircase descends into a ‘courtyard in the basement,’ centred on the glassed starry-night swimming pool indoors. The pool stretches into a timber deck and lounge zone, while the indoor staircase links to the gym. The lounge has a projector and a pantry, adjacent to the gym. With changing rooms, toilets, and showers, the basement becomes a hub of leisure, wellness, and cinematic indulgence.
Minimal yet monumental, the villa holds a serene confidence. It isn’t just a home; it’s an experience of light, shadow, and crafted openness layered across three levels.
