Indoor-Outdoor Living Architecture
We dissolve the boundaries between your home and the landscape through open courtyards, flowing levels, and fluid architectural forms.
The House of Veils is designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living. The main social spaces flow directly onto the pool deck, with large glass walls and flowing overhangs creating a unified area for relaxing and entertaining.
A close-up of the pool at the House of Veils. The water is edged with tropical plants and a delicate screen facade, creating a private oasis that feels both lush and integrated with the architecture.
The exterior of the House of Veils showcases our approach to indoor-outdoor flow. The cantilevered structure creates a sheltered patio space that merges the living room with the pool and garden, all under one dynamic roof.
In the House of Veils, even entertainment spaces are connected to the outdoors. This bar area is defined by filtered screens and large glass panels that look out onto a verdant, private garden.
This illustrated section of the House of Veils shows how the living spaces are organized around the pool and courtyard. The design ensures a constant visual and physical connection to the landscape from every part of the home.
At our Pavilion homes, the pool is designed as a reflective water edge between the house and the vast paddy fields. The living room opens completely to this view, merging the interior with the expansive landscape.
The double-height living and dining area of a Pavilion home looks directly out over the paddy fields. The space is flanked by a large patio and pool, creating a fluid transition from the built environment to the natural one.
About this collection
We do not see the wall as a limit, but as a porous interface. By aligning interior floor finishes with outdoor pool decks and using large-span glazing, we physically extend your living space into the garden. Every transition is calculated to prioritize cross-ventilation, ensuring that your home feels physically connected to its natural surroundings without sacrificing comfort or privacy.
Our design approach treats the indoor-outdoor connection as a transitional zone rather than a simple doorway. In projects like the House of Veils or our Pavilions in the Fields, we construct this connection using a mix of computational tools and honest, earthy materials.
We utilize Grasshopper for parametric design to calculate exactly how perforated brick screens and louvers should be oriented. These screens are not merely decorative; they serve as functional tools for passive cooling, filtering harsh tropical sunlight while allowing natural breezes to flow through the structure. This creates a shifting, rhythmic pattern of shadow and light throughout the day, bringing the environment inside.
We also focus on the topography. By terracing living areas to follow the natural slope of your site, we create seamless links between the house and the land. Whether it is a kitchen that opens into a social courtyard or a living room that spills onto a reflective water edge, the goal is to make the architecture feel like it belongs to the terrain. We prioritize local materials like stone and brick, using them to create textured surfaces that age gracefully and ground the building in its specific location.
SAV Architecture and Design
We are SAV, an architectural studio that splits our time between London, Mumbai, and Goa. We see architecture as a process of storytelling, where every drawing is an attempt to create spaces that feel alive, earthy, and deeply connected to their natural context.
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