Sliding walls and shifting light choreograph this multigenerational home in Ahmedabad by Studio SANGATH

Anyone familiar with a traditional Indian household knows how important it is for your home to be as sociable as it is private. Multiple generations, eclectic personalities, varying routines — all housed under one roof. Case in point, a home in Ahmedabad designed by Sönke and Khushnu Panthaki Hoof of Studio SANGATH.

In this familial dwelling of 7,500 sq ft, reside a mother who is a dancer, a father who is a builder, a son who works with information technology and a daughter-in-law who is an events designer. “The design process began with an in-depth understanding of their requirements and dynamics, aiming to create spaces that cater to individual needs while fostering connection,” explain the principal architects. Therein began the process of accomodating their distinct characteristics into the built envelope.

A house that moves
The architecture is a slow, deliberate performance. Two near-square volumes hold the rhythm, corridors above threading them together like silent cues. North light spills in, stretching across floors, softening sharp edges. The rhythm of the staircases and stark geometrical planes, framed by a jharokha, almost in a metred tapping against cold Kota stone. Through its layered enfilade, the house catches glimpses of itself as you pass by, tying together the melange of functions that are contained within. “The design draws inspiration from Indian miniatures,” aver Khushnu and Sönke of Studio SANGATH, “where each space is visually accessible from the other, creating a sense of intrigue and continuity between rooms.”

Living in layers
Stories lingers in the bylines, in the wood, the stone and the worn corners of ancestral furniture folded into the design like old habits. The living room shifts — one moment intimate, the next thrown wide open through a sliding screen. The son and his wife have their own space world. While the father and son work downstairs, absorbed but never isolated. The walls in the home are not static despite their stoic presence — they appear to move through apertures as the rooms stretch and contract with the day.

A continuous composition
A Pichwai painting drapes across two floors, catching light, passing thoughts. The house carries an illustrative quality — rooms revealing themselves slowly, sightlines carefully staged to intrigue rather than expose. The father’s study is part of the flow, never fully sealed off. Levels shift in ways that aren’t just functional but emotional — subtle pauses, places to linger. Boundaries are replaced by thresholds, like a raga that never quite repeats, always shifting, always alive.

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