Hira Transforms a House with Lush Materials and Quiet Rituals
Hira unfolds in India as a layered house by Fulcrum Studio, paired with an adjoining office that extends the narrative beyond domestic life. The residence moves between introspection and conviviality, where concrete, marble, metal, and heirloom textiles pull against one another. Four stacked levels orbit a sunlit void and shape a choreography of light, shade, and reflection. The office next door continues the experiment, translating material tactility into a kinetic workplace.
Light pours into a sun-soaked void and slides across concrete. As it drifts, marble catches the glow and raw metal throws a harder line back.
This is a house in India by Fulcrum Studio, paired with an adjoining office linked by that charged gap. The project leans on material contrast and carefully chosen objects to shape mood and daily rituals. Its interiors read as layered tableaux, where texture carries memory and craft frames how people move and gather.
Stage the Living Room
The living room sets the tone with a tiger’s eye inlay worked into black marble laid in a checkerboard. Rugged concrete walls and raw metal I-beams keep the composition taut, while lustrous marble floors pull light deeper and heirloom fabrics soften the seating. A muted chair adds a cool pause. Every surface negotiates between sheen and grit, making each step feel deliberate and grounded.
Set the Dining Lounge
Suspended between earthly and ethereal, the dining lounge hinges on a dual-material table in warm wood and dramatic flamed granite. Around it, sculptural seating picks up the garden’s green and a glass sculpture breaks sunlight into small, moving shards across the tabletops. A memorial wall anchors the room. Pages from handwritten cookbooks and circular kitchen tools turn family memory into a tactile installation.
Honor Memory in Material
Personal objects carry weight here, not just polish. Heirloom textiles drape over sofas, and small artifacts punctuate concrete and stone so the rooms never drift into abstraction. The dynamic feels intimate yet open. Material contradictions—raw and refined, matte and gloss—hold a steady conversation from morning shadow to evening glow.
Rooms Among Treetops
The primary bedroom perches like a discreet nest with long views into the canopy outside. A framed blue silk scarf rests beside the bed, giving a quiet flash of color against restrained tones. In the bathing area, twin grey oval tubs face the trees for an unbroken line to foliage and sky. Children’s rooms mix luxury and play, using blue-grey marble modules and a bathroom window that frames an arboreal vignette.
Play Outside the Bar
Outdoors, a pebble bar turns gathering into a tactile ritual under a mirrored ceiling that doubles the garden’s movement. Leather-finished stone flooring grounds the scene while playful chairs keep the mood informal and light. A so-called nothing space—perforated mesh and sharp metal ledges—invites wandering and pause. Minimal matter, maximum curiosity.
Work With Kinetics
Next door, the office rethinks how material sets tempo during work. Perforated metal expands perceived volume, louvered windows tune airflow and light, and custom furniture strengthens the rhythm of circulation. The kinetic conference box shifts by simple mechanics to frame views when open and focus the room when closed. Bridges and angular stairs concentrate movement into crisp moments of encounter.
As day slips, the void edits the light to a finer grain and marble holds the last warm trace. Craft steers emotion without raising its voice. The house and office together read as a patient composition—one that favors touch, ritual, and the slow revelations of texture.
Photography courtesy of Fulcrum Studio
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