The document presents a comparative analysis of three residential projects: Gropius House, House 91/4, and The See-Through Slim House, focusing on their architectural design principles, spatial organization, façade, and materials. Gropius House merges traditional New England aesthetics with modernist techniques, House 91/4 emphasizes privacy with a central courtyard for family interaction, and The See-Through Slim House showcases a lightwell concept to enhance natural light in a narrow plot. Each design reflects a unique cultural identity while addressing functionality and environmental integration.

1. A PRESENTATION ON
CASE STUDY
OF RESIDENCES
Gropius House House 91/4
The See Through The slim house
Presented by:
Abhishekh Subedi (049) Sandhya Thapa(034)
Pratik KC (027) Sushank Khanal (043)

2. Gropius House
Introduction:
Gropius House is a family house designed with the
fusion of traditional New England aesthetic and the
modernist teachings of the Bauhaus . Gropius
introduced modern, mass-produced, prefabricated
elements into the design while also taking the
vernacular of the surround New England farmhouse
aesthetic into consideration besides. Every aspect of
the house and its surrounding landscape was planned
for maximum efficiency and simplicity of the design.
The house is surrounded by an apple orchard and other
trees. It takes advantage of this context through large
windows and terraces, perhaps a modern interpretation
of Thoreau's communing with nature.

3. First Floor plan
Second Floor plan
The first floor plan layout is designed
with fluidity.
The second floor plan layout is
designed to maximize the privacy.
Overall, the spatial organization of the
house is based on modular unit in
order to achieve maximum efficiency.
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
Building form

4. East Elevation
North Elevation
West Elevation
South Elevation
Longitudinal Section A-A Cross Section B-B
EXTERNAL FACADE
The facade is made based on the concept of simplicity.
The major component is window, glass brick for the entrance
garden faced and the staircase. The facade is designed in a way
where the interior has sufficient gain of sunlight.
The house structure reflected a traditional New
England post which is well hidden inside the house.
STRUCTURE
Glass block wall : protects from wind and
rain. Yet allows light to permeate the interior.
MASSING
Massing is a factor in passive thermal comfort
and day lighting. The size of the windows on
every sides of the house affects the spatial
impression of the house especially on north and
south elevations.

5. Exterior Interior
Similar to the exterior of the house,
Gropius uses a minimalist color palette
throughout the interior consisting of
black, white, pale greys, and earth
tones with only faint splashes of red
found throughout the house.

6. HOUSE 91/4
Project name: House 91/4
Architecture firm: Studio Ardete
Location: Sector 4, Panchkula, Haryana, India
Principal architect: Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna
Kaleru
Orientation: South-east
Built area: 682 m² Site area: 450 m²
Design year: 2019 Completion year: 2020
Client: Mr.Munish Aggarwal
Introduction:
The project 91/4 is located facing a highway on a
peripheral sector of sec -4 Panchkula. It is a
corner plot in an urban row house measuring 550
sq. yards .
The Client being a hotelier wanted a house to be
built for a small family of 4, a couple, two teenage
children, occasionally visiting parents. Being a
hotelier and having multiple hotels, Client wanted
to keep the house private and most of the
socialising activities would be out of the house.
The House is primarily is designed around the
day to day activities of occupants.

7. The plan of the house is laid to closely knit all the living spaces and seclude it from
the guest areas, considering the nuclear family.
The Ground floor consists of 2 bedrooms, one for
guests and one for day room.
The House is laid out around a long central courtyard.
The formal area has a connection from the dining area
which makes the guest access dining directly and
also help serve the guest as a service door.
The kitchen living and dining form a long connected
space in the north western part of the house, which
keeps the occupants together most of the time.
The main bedrooms of the house is on the first floor.
The rear bedroom and space outside the room acts as
a lounge space for occasional closed families to get
together.
The main living floors are raised by 3’ taller making
height about 13’ average below the false ceiling. The
increased height makes the spaces look larger
compared to conventional heights. They also help
passive comfortable spaces keeping warm air on top,
helping in Indian Climate.
Design Features:

8. The facade is primarily bold and
minimal. The angular wall in the facade
is a reflection to make the elevation
look broader than it is. Muted Colors
such as white natural stone, Gray
ceramic tiles and metallic copper finish
blend to create a subtle contrast for the
house.
The main door is a huge 12’x5’
wooden slatted door which
makes a grand entrance into the
house. The door opens into a
long foyer space, with leather
cladded wall on one side and
courtyard on the other side,
bringing the focus onto the
courtyard.
Main courtyard which
houses an art
installation,it is a
specifically designed
act which offers
views for strategic
points around the
courtyard. It has a
water element which
activates the
courtyard and spaces
around it.
The facade:

9. The use of distinct chandeliers and art works has
been planted in all the space to bring life in the built
volumes.
Exterior Interior
Glassworks to have maximum closeness with the
nature and proper capturing of sunlight.

10. The See Through House
Location: One and a half km south,
up from Sallaghari to
almost on the foot of Subarneswor
Mahadev hill.
Architect: One line Architects
Plot Area: 1912.34 sq ft
Building type: 2 storey private
residence
Orientation: East faced entry
Architecture Type: Modern
Introduction:
The house being nestled on the
contours of vast terraced farms
provides multiple response with
environment. High ceilings and open
floor allow visual relation between
the communal spaces.
The interplay of daylight, height and
volumes all contribute spatial
richness of the house.
The sloping roof of solid mass is
crowned over roughly cuboidal white
mass. This gives the
building a distinctive character of
contrasting volumes.
Location Map

11. Concept
The see-through
plane is a
receptor and a
viewfinder that
runs across the
building and up
to the sky. As it
opens to the
east, it frames
nearby fields,
forest, hills and
sky in a single
viewport. Creates
the visual relation
between
surrounding
environment.
Entry
As a receptor,borrows daylight
deep inside the house from
different directions throughout the
day.
Draws fresh air from its
other end on the west.
Spatial Organization
The first floor plan layout is open
plan composed of living space,
kitchen and dining space based on a
axis.
The parallel axis acts for the service
and movement area.
Space propagates up the stairs to
family seating room through the
double height living room.
Legends
1. Entry
2. Parking8
3. Store
4. Living room
5. Dining
6. Kitchen
7. Sunken Garden
8. Powder Room
9. Void
10. Family Room
11. Lounge
12. Bed Room
13. C Bathroom
14. A Bathroom
15. Outdoor Deck
16. Home theatre
17. Laundry
18. Puja Room
Terrace
19. Lower terrace

12. North slope
Sunroofs installed
in the see through
plane.
Family room on one side, extends
to the outdoor deck overlooking
the front yard of the property and
terraced farms, on the other side it
ascends to an intermediate space
of corridor, stair and lounge.
The intermediate space is a
threshold in between continuous
loop of communal spaces in the
ground floor.
There is an unobstructed
interaction from the top floor to
bottom floors and vice-versa.
Building constructed in
original contour avoiding
much cut and fill to resist
force from earth.

13. Exterior Interior

14. The Slim House
Location Map
Location: Bhaktapur-6, Mahakalistan
Architect: One line Architects
Plot size: 13’ * 75’
Building type: Private residence
Orientation: South faced entry
Architecture Type: Traditional and
modern blended.
Introduction:
The house is located in between two
properties with elongated plot size
meant that the center of the house was
dark and gloomy and the resulting
building would have been
claustrophobic. Thus a concept of a
lightwell was formed over the central
staircase opening up the ceiling to the
sloped roof.
The outer look of the house represents
the tranquility of traditional Newari
house with sajhya on the southern front
facade and brick wall left exposed.
Thus, providing subtle and humble
character to the building.

15. Spatial Organization
The front face is all
housed with public
spaces (i.e family and
kitchen dining),
whereas the back face
is housed with private
space connected with
the metal staircase at
middle.
The building was constructed in two phases with
simultaneously demolishing old house. The back part block
was constructed at first and then 1st block was constructed
joining them both with staircase at middle. There is void
space in the central part besides the staircase which allows
the house get enough amount of light.
Void with movable
glass roof at the top.
The glass roof
prevents rainfall inside
the building territory.
Design process
Ground Floor:
Living room
Storage room
Semi basement
First floor:
Kitchen
Common Bathroom
Two bedrooms
Second floor:
Family living room
Common Bathroom
Guest bedroom
Small sitting space in
corridor
Top floor:
Two personal bedrooms
with attached bathrooms.

16. Sunroof and glass facade to
gain maximum sunlight. Can
get east and south sunlight.
Change in original design and
Dormer window was constructed for
maximum space utilization and view.
Semi basement used as store
room
Public gathering/ Living room
Washroom above steel
cantilever for maximum
space for bedroom
Metal staircase connecting
two building blocks.
Design Elements

17. Exterior
Front and back facade of the house is made in traditional Newari style.
Concrete structure is covered with wood and mud to give traditional
look. Wooden carved doors and windows has enriched Newari
architecture style.
Views:
The building is designed in such a way that it connects with surrounding
environment. “BHAULWA POKHO” can be seen from every room in front face.
Similarly, airport lights, Sanga, Changunarayan temple, Suryabinayak temple
can be seen from back face and roof. This ensures that the building has got
good site force.

18. Interior
The building has got modern interior with modern furnishing of
false ceilings, furnitures, glass facades etc but it has done
beautiful job playing with details that reflects traditional Newari
culture and Bhaktapur architecture.
The volume is also experimented in the top floor ensuring the
maximum use of space and for the better view.
Although concrete is used in the
entire construction, the outer layer of
walls have used a layer of mud as to
replicate the traditional style.
Small details like khopa used in the
interior rooms shows its connection
with traditional architecture.

19. Comparative Analysis
Residence Gropius House House 91/4 The See Through The Slim House
Design Principle Modern design with
New England
aesthetics
Modern Design Modern Design Traditional Newari
design with modern
mixed.
Design idea Nature and modern
Bauhaus teachings
Privacy and peace Site structure Small space and
maximum utilization of
available plot
Orientation North-East South- East East South
Wall Structure Non load bearing Non load bearing Non load bearing Non load bearing
Roof Flat roof One side slope roof Slope roof Slope roof
Colour Scheme Black, White, Grey
with red accent
Subtle and muted black,
beige, white
Blue, white, beige Brown wooden colour,
mud colour and white in
interior
Building Materials Glass block,
Concrete, brick,
wood, Acoustical
plaster, Fieldstone
Concrete, brick, glass,
ceramic tiles
Concrete, brick, glass,
steel
Concrete, steel, brick,
wood, mud, glass

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