Brief
The client intent was a calm house for extended family routines: privacy from the street, a generous place to gather, and rooms that stay bright without relying on exposed glazing at the boundary.
Courtyard Residence studies how a compact family home can feel unhurried without growing larger. The plan makes the threshold do more work: arrival, pause, filtered garden light, and the first view into daily life.
- Type
- Residential Planning
- Location
- Kathmandu Valley
- Year
- 2025
- Status
- Concept design
Case notes
The case study is organized around intent, constraint, and the spatial decisions that make the project useful.
Context
The site sits within a dense residential fabric where light, sound, and privacy need careful negotiation. Rather than pushing every room to the edge, the proposal draws attention inward to a protected garden room.
Strategy
- Fold the public rooms around a small court so arrival slows before the main living space.
- Use thicker thresholds, built-in storage, and shaded openings to buffer the street-facing edge.
- Keep circulation visible but quiet, with long views across the court instead of corridor drama.
Materials
Pale plaster, timber joinery, clay-toned floor accents, and soft mineral surfaces keep the rooms bright while giving the courtyard edge a grounded warmth.
Gallery
Rooms in sequence.
Large views are paired with short captions so the page reads as a spatial walk-through, not a grid of thumbnails.
Plan Studies
Process and drawings.
Early diagrams tested whether the court should behave as a room, a light slot, or an arrival pocket. The selected arrangement keeps it useful in daily movement rather than treating it as a decorative void.
Specifications
A compact record of scope, role, and the spatial concerns that shaped the work.
- Scope
- New residence planning
- Primary rooms
- Court, living room, kitchen, bedrooms
- Focus
- Privacy, daylight, arrival sequence
- Role
- Concept, spatial planning, material direction
Have a site, renovation, or interior that needs a clearer spatial reading?