Indian architecture studio Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili, coating it with a rough red-brown plaster made with brick and marble dust produced during the project.
Tasked with renewing the "old, opaque, heavy, worn down building" in a suburban neighbourhood, Nowhere looked to reestablish the connection between its interior and the surrounding gardens.
Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili
Alongside brick and marble dust, the studio also used plants and soil from the site to create tactile internal finishes that "weave in the materiality of the landscape", it said.
"The proposal attempts to reestablish the tactile relationships the family used to share with nature and elements and create a living house," explained Nowhere founder Seetharam Vallabhaneni. It is coated with a rough red-brown plaster
The blocky form of Mayalogili sits at the centre of the site, fronted by a parking area and surrounded by a garden with a small pond.
Nowhere stripped the building back to its structure and created a small courtyard at its centre paved with recovered brick and stone, which the home opens onto via folding wooden doors.
The studio added a courtyard at the centre
A living area and office overlook this courtyard on the ground floor, while above it is wrapped by a large landing that connects the home's bedrooms.
"We wanted to create a flexible system where all the spaces could be opened up completely al...