Mosaic, checkerboard and pixelated patterns influenced by grids characterise this multi-generational residence in Mumbai designed by Indian architecture studio MuseLAB.
The 278-square-metre apartment, named Gingham Dreams, is located in a high-rise building in Mumbai’s Versova suburb.
MuseLAB founders Jasem Pirani and Huzefa Rangwala chose to use the grid as a recurring pattern throughout the residence, due to its simplicity.
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“The grid is a very simple element. It gives the space a sense of order and calm, yet it also allows the freedom to play and experiment with,” Pirani and Rangwala told Dezeen.
“In the house, the grid takes on many roles,” they explained.
“[The grid] extends onto walls, ceilings, furniture and into every space, shifting in scale and expression. This repetition creates a quiet continuity, unifying the home while allowing each space to feel distinct.”
Grids have been used as a recurring motif
Residents enter via a door bordered with dual-toned veneer laid out in a checkerboard pattern. The foyer gives way to an open-plan living, dining and study area, inlaid with pastel-hued marble flooring set out in a grid.
The gridded flooring is decorated with amoeboid forms and geometric shapes that are mirrored on the ceiling in the form of mouldings.
The living, dining and study spaces are open-plan
The team installed a latticed wooden partition referencing Japanese shoji screens near the foyer, separating the study from the living and dining spaces.
“The materiality is a constant kit of parts, with four varieties of marble articulated as crafted inlay work,” MuseLAB explained.
“Across the house, you see hues of fiery coral, pale blue, warm beige and Lake Placid green headline the palette, manifesting in the vast canvas-like floor, surface finishes and furniture.”
A Japanese shoji-style partition wraps the study
A pastel-green quartzite island with a waterfall edge sits at the centre of the kitchen, which extends out from the dining area.
MuseLAB created a checkerboard pattern at the bottom of the island, which spreads out onto the surrounding flooring.
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The grid motifs also extend to the four bedrooms of the house, each fitted with checkerboard-patterned doors.
A veneer-clad false ceiling in the primary bedroom echoes the geometric flooring pattern of the living room.
In the kids’ bedroom, a wall with a rectangular grid takes centre stage, with a set of twin beds appearing to emerge from two of the rectangular modules.
Here, MuseLAB decorated veneer-clad wardrobes with coral and pastel-green mosaic patterns.
A checkerboard pattern features in the flooring of the kitchen
This combination continues in the ensuite, which features a coral-hued vanity with a pixelated texture teamed with an amoeba-shaped mirror.
The guest bedroom doubles as an activity room, where the MuseLAB team installed a foldaway bed concealed behind a powder-blue wall.
The remaining walls are wrapped with dual-toned veneer-clad wardrobes and geometric floating shelves.
A gridded false ceiling features in the primary bedroom
Other details in the apartment that draw upon grids include mosaic-style wainscoting, latticed lampshades and pixelated bathroom tiling.
Many of the furniture pieces feature upholstery with pixelated patterns in earthy hues.
Sculptures by Sycaro and artworks by Hands & Minds, Coffee Stain Designs and Keph Design Studio are strewn across the apartment.
MuseLAB chose dual-toned veneer finishes for the guest bedroom
“At its heart, this home is about feeling grounded yet free, a warm, playful space where structure quietly gives way to everyday life, memories, and togetherness,” commented Pirani and Rangwala.
Other Indian residences recently featured on Dezeen include a weekend retreat on the outskirts of Bengaluru designed by architecture studio Taliesyn and a multi-generational home surrounded by a moat near Hyderabad designed by 23 Degrees Design Shift.
The photography is by Nayan Soni.