Residential Architecture: Designing Your Sanctuary
We create homes that feel like a quiet poem, blending architecture with the natural landscape for spaces that offer true serenity.
The exterior of the Magnolia Residence, a duplex penthouse in Bangalore. The design features a pitched roof and extensive balconies, creating a house-like feel in the sky with ample space for outdoor living.
The rooftop terrace of the Magnolia Residence is a private oasis above the city. It features pigmented cement flooring, lush planters, and a raised deck for enjoying the panoramic views.
This is a render of our Sanctuary Residence project in Nandi Hills. The design uses simple, linear masses and deep roof overhangs to create a modern home that is both elegant and responsive to the climate.
The street view of the Sanctuary Residence shows a composition of clean lines and natural materials, with a low wall providing privacy while hinting at the serene spaces within.
The living room of the Sanctuary Residence is designed with pivoting glass doors that open completely to the garden, blurring the boundary between inside and out.
The dining area in the Sanctuary Residence is envisioned as a glass pavilion, surrounded by views of the landscape and featuring a ceiling with a subtle, woven texture.
The master bedroom in the Sanctuary Residence is a spacious, serene retreat with a vaulted wood-paneled ceiling and large windows that frame views of the open landscape.
The ground floor plan for the Sanctuary Residence, showing the open-plan living and dining areas, their connection to the pool and garden, and the overall clarity of the layout.
The first floor plan for the Sanctuary Residence, detailing the private bedroom spaces and their relationship to the outdoor environment.
A render of the dining and living area in our upcoming Cumin Residence in Goa. The design uses natural wood for the angled ceiling and large, unconventionally shaped windows to connect with the lush Goan landscape.
About Residential Design: Creating Personal Sanctuaries
Our residential process begins with a deep study of your site's topography and natural light paths to minimize excavation while maximizing passive cooling. We integrate the structure into the terrain, ensuring living areas open seamlessly to the outdoors through wide spans and pivoting glass doors. This approach keeps the footprint light while maintaining a constant, calm connection to the landscape around your home.
Sustainability and Material Honesty
We believe a home should be a humble reflection of its environment. We prioritize locally sourced materials like granite, earth blocks, and raw timber to ground your house in the local geography. By avoiding conventional finishes in favor of oxide floors and mortarless stone masonry, we create surfaces that breathe and age gracefully with the home.
The Sanctuary Concept
Whether we are designing a city penthouse in Bangalore or a villa in Nandi Hills, we focus on creating generous volumes that invite nature inside. Our design philosophy relies on linear massing, which allows for cross-ventilation and protects private spaces from harsh sunlight. We aim to blur the boundaries between the inside and the out, turning your daily living space into a retreat that feels lived-in and comfortable.
Technical Precision
Behind the simple aesthetics lies a rigorous technical foundation. Our residential service includes complete topography analysis, sun path studies, and parametric 3D modeling for complex roof forms or cantilevers. We oversee the execution, providing site supervision to ensure that artisan-led details, like hand-finished mud work or stone screens, are realized to perfection. We handle the structural, electrical, and plumbing documentation so that your home is not only beautiful but functionally sound and easy to maintain over time.
Treelight Design
We are Treelight Design. We see every home as a blank canvas where nature and architecture can finally sit down and have a conversation. Our goal is to craft spaces that feel like a breath of fresh air, keeping things honest, humble, and perfectly yours.
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