Located within a premium gated community in the lush neighborhood of Gokul Dham, the Lotus Villa was vested with a well serviced plot with ample greens. Furthermore, a palette of neutral or calming colors and natural materials like stone and wood were also evidently suggested and established by the surroundings. This was reaffirmed by the client’s brief of a house with wide spaces, communion with nature, contemporized styling and innate Indian-ness. The INI Team’s design uses these drivers to create a home which blends into the resident landscape not just visually through its natural material palette but by weaving the building blocks in and around innumerable courts, decks, gardens and verandahs which allow natural light and breezes to stream in unhindered, while water features permeate cool-ness and calm.