Paarthivi Shetty

AR2056

A House in Jawai, Rajasthan

This mountain home belongs to Aoi, a retired Japanese researcher who now finds peace in stargazing and landscape painting. She shares it with Aditya, a young wildlife photographer and researcher. Embedded deep into the rocky terrain, the house unfolds as a quiet journey—more experience than object. Each space reveals itself through touch, sound, and light, as stone, water, and vegetation come alive. The architecture invites stillness, grounding its inhabitants in the present. Here, daily life flows with the rhythms of nature, offering a retreat not just for living, but for feeling, reflecting, and creating in harmony with the land.

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Sensory Translation- Sketches were created to illustrate Zumthor’s architectural principles—Light on Things (Fig. 1, 2), Body of Architecture (Fig. 3, 4), Sounding Objects (Fig. 5, 6), Tension Between Interior and Exterior (Fig. 7, 8, 9), and Temperature of a Place (Fig. 10, 11, 12). The principles are expressed through diverse mediums, including charcoal, soft pastels, and graphite.

Translating Experiences into Film- the essence of a space is captured through storyboarding, video, and in-depth analysis.

Designing Three Distinct Spaces Based on the Emotions They Evoke Through Models and Experential Views.

Shadow Analysis of Massing Models to Understand Heat Gain and Thermal Lag .

Plans, Part Sections and 1:50 Scale Model of Developing Design.

Lightbox Model and Analysis and Shadow Analysis of Design

Experiential Views—Each tile presents a view from the house, capturing the interplay of light, shadow, and the sensory experience of space.

Final Models.

Final Rendered Plans.

Final Rendered Sections.