Two flats in a Mumbai high-rise were combined to create a "minimal but playful" home for three generations, which local studio The Act of Quad has decorated with multiple spherical and rounded shapes.
Located in the city's Ghatkopar suburb, the four-bedroom, 325-square metre apartment is dotted with orbs and circles. Some serve a purpose as mirrors or lights, while others are simply decorative wooden sculptures placed on the floor.
The apartment's neutral palette (above) is punctuated by pops of orange and yellow (top image)
"We tried to soften the severity of the minimalist architecture with smooth outlines and rounded shapes," said Priyanka Itadkar, who co-founded The Act of Quad together with Falguni Bhatia.
"The objective of staging the spheres around the apartment was to generate a storyline from the sphere's perspective as if the orb was tumbling and travelling around the home, discovering every corner and object." Spherical shapes are integrated into furniture or placed on the floor as sculptures
Geometric, custom-made furniture decorates the open floor plan, punctuating the creamy, neutral interior with bursts of warm orange and yellow.
This game of opposites was designed to consolidate the family's various different tastes into one cohesive whole.
A black orb is mounted to the wall in the foyer
"The grandfather, being a cartoonist, really wanted a playful environment in contrast to the minimal taste of his engineer son," Bhat...