Bellary House is designed by the architects of the Gaurav Roy Choudhury studio in a way to keep away the external heat and create a convective microclimate through the studied entry of fresh air currents. The exterior walls wrap the house in this protective gesture, punctuated only by small and massive prefabricated concrete windows
Bellary House embraces protectively with its walls the generous and simple energy of the family that inhabits it
Bellary House is located in the small namesake town, in the heart of India, known for its iron mines, historical ruins, and its warm and dry climate. The house is located in one of the neighborhoods undergoing a slow but steady transformation, where old modest houses are giving way to larger villas
The designers have created an elevated garden in the northeast corner of the house: it becomes the generator of Bellary House's microclimate. From its shadow, currents are created that flow through the house, as well as the light that reflects inside the house from its cool surfaces. The generous and simple energy of the family that inhabits the villa, composed of a couple with two children and often visiting grandparents, is at the center of this architecture
The spatial concept of the house was to distribute the living experience along the entire length of the plot, like a journey through the joyful memories of family living. This length is opened up by lowering the eastern half of the house. The elevated garden, the master bedroom, and the kitchen align from north to south along this length with a bedroom reaching the southern end of the mezzanine. The open kitchen is a cut that breaks some traditional notions such as identification with a place where women are confined, and at the same time allows for a more inclusive space
The mezzanine becomes the catalyst in the development of the spaces of this house: it hovers between the long and open living room on the ground floor and the private bedrooms on the first floor. The mezzanine bedroom is specially designed to 'keep an eye on' the elderly grandparents, housed in the ground floor bedroom, through a small courtyard that also serves as their 'private' garden, light well, and secluded place of prayer
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