Chromatic House的童趣直接来自于客户的要求。一个年轻的五口之家的核心家庭，他们希望有一个城市住宅，让孩子们在父母的积极参与照顾下一起玩耍成长。因此，设计将住宅和草坪安排在一个斜的，但平等的图形地面上，并通过参考更多的农村坡屋顶形式和长长的阳台来偏离城市的盒子形式。一楼的卧室延伸到一个巨大的锥形A型体量上，该体量容纳了一个夹层休息室和客厅、餐厅和厨房的开放计划。这个体量通过凉棚遮挡的长廊通向草坪和菜园，而阁楼上的书房则通过隐藏在楼梯下的滑梯异想天开地与之相连。

Chromatic House’s child-like playfulness derives directly from the client’s mandate. A young nuclear family of five, they desired a city home for the children to grow up playing together in actively participative care of their parents. So the design arranges the home and the lawn in an oblique, but equal, figure-ground and departs from the urban box form by referencing a more rural pitched roof form with a long verandah. The bedrooms on the first-floor spill onto a large tapered A-frame volume which accommodates a mezzanine lounge and the living, dining, and kitchen in an open plan. This volume opens up to the lawn and vegetable garden through a long verandah shaded by a pergola, while the study in the attic whimsically connects with it through a slide tucked under the stairs.

该设计是异想天开与简约的对话：一方面是材料的活力、光线的游戏和隐蔽的门窗，另一方面是鲜明的、锥形的、单一的体积。光秃秃的混凝土和赤土的颜色、图案和纹理是为了给古老而节俭的材料调色板注入年轻的活力。红色调的混凝土在外部使用的模板过渡到内部光滑的灰色混凝土。同样，对角线图案的黄砖与薄板桦木细木工制品形成对比，为充满光线的室内增添了细腻的温暖。

The design is a conversation between whimsy and simplicity: between material vibrancy, the play of light and reticent fenestrations, on one hand, and a stark, tapered, singular volume on the other. The tint, patterns, and texture of bare concrete and terracotta are meant to infuse youthfulness into a venerable and frugal material palette. The red tinted, concrete in expressed formwork used externally transitions to smooth grey concrete internally. Similarly diagonally patterned yellow brick contrasts with thin-section birch joinery to add delicate warmth to the light-filled interior.

由于关注他们对气候变化的适应能力，父母同样意识到建造Chromatic House对环境的影响。渐变的直线形式和防眩光的窗户，与开放的草坪对齐，并被一个织物遮挡的开放中庭所穿透，有助于房屋的定位，使日光照射最大化，并将外在的视野和太阳热能的吸收被动地降到最低。印度北部半干旱、半湿润的亚热带气候需要大量的加热和冷却，这一点通过地板下的辐射加热和冷却HVAC系统得到了积极解决。这个低能耗系统是该地区第一个安装的住宅，有助于改善极端温度，同时允许房屋自然采光和通风。

Concerned about their resilience to climate change, the parents were equally conscious of the environmental footprint of the construction of Chromatic House. The tapering linear form and glare-protected windows, aligned to the open lawn and punctured by a fabric-shaded open atrium helped orient the house to maximize daylighting and minimize extraneous views and solar thermal heat gain passively. The substantial heating and cooling required in the north Indian semi-arid, semi-humid subtropical climate are actively addressed by an under-floor radiant heating and cooling HVAC system. This low-energy system, the first installation of its kind for a residence in the region, helps ameliorate temperature extremes while allowing the house to be naturally lit and ventilated.

安装在倾斜屋顶上的光伏发电装置产生的能量将被反馈到电网。几乎一半的场地是草坪，旨在吸收该地区现在相当普遍的极端雨水事件的径流。事实证明，该住宅对私人绿地的强调、对外界的排斥和活力，改善了大流行病引起的无聊和孤立。所有使用的建筑材料都来自于该地300英里半径范围内。相对于进口石材，北印度的大理石被广泛地应用在房子里。

Photovoltaics installed on the sloping roof generate energy to be fed back to the grid. Almost half of the site is a lawn meant to soak up runoff from extreme rain incidents that are now quite common in the region. As it transpired, the home’s emphasis on private greens, exclusion of the outside, and vibrancy have ameliorated pandemic-induced boredom and isolation. All the building materials used are sourced from within a 300-mile radius of the site. North Indian marble has been extensively used in the house as opposed to imported stones.

Architects: Anagram Architects
Area : 6800 ft²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Andre J Fanthome
Manufacturers : Hansgrohe, ART N GLASS, Alankaram, Asian Paints, Birchply, Carysil, Eubiq, Franke, Hybec, Kohler, Koramic, Krea, LAMP, Laxness, Legrand, Magppie, Mitsubishi, Notion, Sunheart, Toto, Vizion Lights, Yale
Civil Contractors : Adhunik Infrastructures
Structural Engineers : Chordia Techno Consultants
Electrical Engineers : Squaretech Engineers
Electrical Contractors : Electropower
Plumbing Contractors : Suved Encon Private Limited
Site Supervision : Anagram Architects
Design Team : Vaibhav Dimri, Madhav Raman, Shruti Dimri, Jainy Gandhi, Piyush Parimal, Kalaiarasan C
Plumbing Consultants : Dsr Engineering Services
Model Makers : inhouse
City : Gurugram
Country : India