{"id":9667,"date":"2026-06-17T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:16:53","slug":"anthill-caverns-inform-earthy-and-tactile-indian-home-by-kaushal-tatiya-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/anthill-caverns-inform-earthy-and-tactile-indian-home-by-kaushal-tatiya-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthill caverns inform “earthy and tactile” Indian home by Kaushal Tatiya Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cavernous earth chambers of an anthill informed the stack of curved brick balconies<\/a> that front this home<\/a> in Maharashtra, India<\/a>, designed by local studio Kaushal Tatiya Architects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aptly named The Anthill, the 650-square-metre home in Ahilyanagar is designed to offer cool living spaces in the region’s hot, dry climate without mechanical ventilation.<\/p>\n

Kaushal Tatiya Architects looked to the form of an anthill to create shaded, passively cooled interiors, surrounding a double-height living space at the home’s centre with a series of breezy “chambers” that open onto deep, sheltered balconies.<\/p>\n

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Kaushal Tatiya Architects has created The Anthill house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The idea for The Anthill came from studying the anthill not as a literal form, but as an intelligent climatic organism,” the studio’s founder Kaushal Tatiya told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“What fascinated me was its ability to regulate temperature, create ventilation through voids, and function through a network of interconnected chambers without any imposed geometry,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Throughout the design process, I tried to move away from conventional notions of walls and rooms and instead think in terms of carved spaces, cavities, and layered transitions.”<\/p>\n

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It has balconies informed by the chambers of an anthill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A cluster of circular skylights in the home’s roof pulls light through voids in the two floors above down to the central, ground-floor living area. This sits alongside an open-air passage along the side of the home with a cascading water feature.<\/p>\n

While diffuse light fills this central area, the more private bedrooms at the perimeter of the home are shaded by deep balconies and smaller square and circular openings behind metal screens that provide ventilation.<\/p>\n

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Rough brickwork features throughout the home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Continuing the metaphor of an anthill, the studio described the home’s palette as “earthy, tactile and naturally evolved”, dominated by the reddish-brown terracotta, lime plaster and brick.<\/p>\n

For The Anthill’s curved facade, bricks were laid in varying textured patterns, with the walls also incorporating perforated brick courses informed by traditional jali screens to create ventilation and dappled light.<\/p>\n