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Cantilever House, Ghaziabad Property
9 Apr 2021
The Cantilever House
Design: ZED Lab Architects, Delhi
A recently completed project by ZED Lab – The Cantilever House, Ghaziabad, India. ZED Lab are a Delhi-based, research-driven and interior design studio specializing in net-zero energy buildings since 2009.
Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, northern India

Photos by Noughts and Crosses | Andre J. Fanthome
The Cantilever House draws from the regional vernacular and finds expression through a contemporary lens to become a home for a family of four. Located in the Raj Nagar locality of Ghaziabad, part of the National Capital Region of Delhi, the house is designed in response to the clients’ love for the outdoors. It employs a series of mechanisms that minimize resource consumption, and reduce the building’s environmental impact while enhancing the residents’ thermal comfort.
Architectural Design
The large cantilevers that the house derives its name from, anchor its design vocabulary, highlighting the scale of the building and breaking its mass through the focus on horizontality. The primary challenge was to design the frame with judicious use of steel for economic viability, given that the cantilevers form a dominant part of the design scheme and a typical one demands adequate steel reinforcement to generate structural integrity.

Additionally, the design...