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Slotted House - Bringing the vastness of Nature to Architecture

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  Large green Terraces, Interlinked Building Volumes & Subtle Façade are the definitive features of this subtle yet Stunning Villa designed by Chaukor Studio for a Large Joint Family in Surya Nagar Ghaziabad .  lotted house is a resultant of a reductive or a subtractive approach while creating the overall design of the house. It is a very modern take on the design process wherein the built volume is considered as a singular entity; eventually from which various volumes are removed (subtracted). This kind of design process wherein smaller volumes are removed from a larger entity to create distinct shapes and forms is called a reductive approach to design. In contrast to the conventional design process wherein the overall building design is achieved through the process of addition, the reductive approach is much more radical and results in much more contemporary and unconventional design forms.  The covered terrace at the First Floor level (here referred to as the Slot) takes the pri