Courting good design
A courtyard is more than an unroofed space, completely or partially enclosed by walls. Six architectural firms share their favourite designs
by Ridhi Kale/ India Today Home
Aug 16, 2019
4 minutes
Centre of Attention
Location Parsik Hill, Belapur, Navi Mumbai
Area 710 sq ft
Special Features
The central courtyard is flanked by scrap rusted metal plates riveted together. The other side has metal pipe leftovers pieced together like bamboo forming a "pipe wall" integrating structural columns, rainwater down take pipes and a sculpture of spouts that in the monsoon are a delight for all the senses. On the third side is a wall clad in cut-waste stone slivers lifted off the back of stone cutting yards and waste generated on site.
Kitsch coloured tile samples retain a planter in the
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