This proposal re-evaluates the typology of the building form as prescribed by the current guidelines and adapts it to re-establish the sensation of the pre-existing urban condition.The lower sections of the house are excised allowing the continuation of the street through the house creating a deep garden that propagates downwards into the basement and upwards through a series of fragmented court and fissures.

The central courtyard is a network of labyrinthine voids running laterally and vertically through the house working as a light catcher and thermal balancer and expressed as a combination of green spaces, deep fissures and skylights.

A gigantic structural pylon is the load bearing pivot for the cantilevered superstructure, creating shaded ground and resonating the language of Delhi’s monumental institutions.