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Mirai is a contextual home created on a tiny corner plot of 622 square meters within a residential villa layout to adapt to Rajasthan's hot desert climate.

Due to the location, there is little open space on the southern and eastern sides, where nearby villas will eventually be constructed. There are more open sections with garden areas and pre-existing trees on the northern and western sides fronting a traffic intersection.

Sectionally, the heights are different, with a unique interplay of volumes in each room of the house, including single volume bedrooms, double volume dining rooms, and a 1.5 level volume living room.

The home is surrounded by a curved punctured envelope that creates interstitial semi-open spaces along the perimeter and deeper recesses on the sides that face the garden. This envelope provides shaded open spaces around the home to each room while significantly reducing heat gain.

This envelope keeps the entire house cool in the scorching summer months with temperatures in excess of 40°C for 8 months of the year. It was designed to limit heat gain in response to the hot subtropical environment of its location.

This sculptural home responds to its location, climate, and owner's requirements, resulting in an intriguing interplay of volumes, open enclosed spaces, and semi enclosed spaces on every level.

Built with locally produced bricks, sandstone, and lime plaster, using local craftsmen and contract labor from the area, recycling used water, collecting rainwater, and generating energy from solar panels. The house is climate-responsive and constructed responsibly.