Interior · Ahmedabad · 2026 · 620 sq ft
Reading Room Extension
A bookshelf-lined extension to an existing bungalow, set one metre off the back wall so the join reads as a gap between two old rooms rather than as new construction.
Brief
A room to read in.
The clients had books, and no room the books could sit in. The garden gave north light and a mature peepal tree. The bungalow gave a back wall to work against.
The gap
One metre of separation.
The addition is set one metre off the existing back wall. That gap becomes a covered court between old and new, so the extension does not touch the original bungalow.
Seat
A window on the tree.
A deep seat in the north wall of the extension looks straight at the peepal. Every other line in the room defers to that view.