Ethos and Design Concept — Architecture meets Zen in an Urban City

Typology

Architecture, Landscape & Interior

Location

Ahmedabad

Year

2024

Built Up Area

9,742 ft²

Lead Architects : Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar

Essentially, all the living spaces overlook the garden. The ethereal prayer room is between the kitchen and living area. The home's vertical connectors, like staircases and elevators, ensure continuous engagement with nature across levels.

The idea is to create spaces that serve as a celebration of life within the home. The Enso project, named after the Zen symbol for the circle, adopts a holistic architectural approach, integrating the building with nature’s rhythms, focusing on light, shadow and spatial flow.

Climate-Responsive Design

Enso thrives at the heart of a central garden and waterscape, pivotal to the home's design.

Carefully selected plants and native species enhance biodiversity, creating a peaceful green retreat and strengthening the project’s nature-centric ethos. Enso’s climate-conscious architecture responds adeptly to the hot and arid climate of Ahmedabad — using light, shadow and spatial flow to keep the home in sync with nature’s rhythms.

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