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Urban Oasis House

Situated in a suburban area of Beed within the dry–hot climatic belt, the house is conceived as an inward-looking residence that moderates its environment through spatial layering. The experience begins with an entry garden that acts as a thermal and visual buffer from the street, leading into a home organised around two courtyards that form the climatic core.

The built form minimises openings along the outer edges to reduce heat gain, while the courtyards bring in controlled daylight and enable cross-ventilation, creating a cooler microclimate within. The two-storey volume is shaped with extended canopies that shade openings and define transitional spaces.

Ground floor stone walls provide thermal mass and anchor the house to its context, while exposed concrete and metal elements express structural clarity. Together, the house creates a climate-responsive, calm, and environmentally rooted place.