Completed in 2026 in Ahilyanagar, India. Images by Avesh Gaur, Shoaib Ilyas. The site is located in Ahilyanagar town of Maharashtra, with a
Amazing brick work.
"Anthills maintain internal temperature through passive ventilation. This principle translates into: thermal brick jaali walls, stack ventilation shafts and skylights, earth berming, shaded cavities, and perforated skins for airflow. The building reduces dependence on mechanical cooling by using the bricks as insulation. They facilitate cross-ventilation, encourage stack effect cooling, and bring a rhythmic flow of natural light deep into the interior.
Inspired by the intelligence of the anthill, the project explores architecture as an organic ecosystem rather than a static object. Spaces are carved like chambers within the bricks — interconnected, climatically responsive, and shaped through movement, light, and collective inhabitation. The architecture emerges from the ground as a living terrain, blurring the boundary between landscape and built form."
