Kian Residence
KIAN RESIDENCE
Kamat & Rozario Architecture
ARCHITECTS
Kamat & Rozario Architecture
LEAD ARCHITECT
Lester Rozario
LEAD TEAM
Tainiyat Khalif
ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > STRUCTURAL
Studio Rkc
MANUFACTURERS
VEKA, nippon paints
PHOTOGRAPHS
Arjun Krishna Photography
AREA
3954 ft²
YEAR
2026
LOCATION
Bengaluru, India
CATEGORY
Houses
English description provided by the architects.
The brief for this project was unlike most urban residential commissions.
The client family, now spanning three generations, had lived on the site for many years and was deeply rooted in the neighborhood.
Their primary aspiration was to create a home that remained connected to the street and the community they knew so well.
The existing house due to west facing, suffered from heat gain and was thus demolished making way for a new structure.
Addressing this challenge while maintaining visual connection to the street became a key design driver.
A stone screen was introduced along the facade to cut glare and reduce heat gain, while still allowing visual porosity.
This element provides privacy, acts as a thermal buffer, and maintains a strong relationship with the street. Earth block walls further enhance the home's thermal performance.
At the ground level, the house is defined by a porous compound wall, a deliberate departure from the more inward-looking homes typically rebuilt in the older parts of the city.
The parents' bedroom, belonging to the first generation, opens directly onto the main street, enabling everyday interactions with neighbors—whether calling out for a morning walk or stepping out together to buy vegetables.
The planning of the house centers on keeping the three generations connected while allowing each the privacy to retreat when needed.
A central courtyard forms the heart of the home, visually and spatially linking the ground floor with the first floor.
The upper level accommodates separate living spaces for the second and third generations and opens onto a garden as well as the street.
The top floor houses a man cave, included in the brief to support working from home, with an informal sit-out overlooking the garden below and visually tied together through the stone screen.
The interior palette draws directly from the facade, with the stone continuing indoors to create a sense of material continuity.
While the existing structure could not be retained due to programmatic constraints, every effort was made to salvage and reuse materials.
Timber from the old house was repurposed for interior elements, and much of the original furniture was upcycled—dining chairs, ornate bed components, and sofa details were transformed into supports for new dining tables and fixed furniture—allowing the memory of the old house to live on within the new.
