Concerns of Jehangir Jani

The team statement

" I saw a house like a body where the soul resides. Kamal saw it as a shelter. We choose the form of a cube because of its purity of dimensions and a site to rest in.

The sheet metal, considered a base material has always excited me, and it assuming a preciousness when it is made into an object displayed in a gallery, is like skin: - hardy and yet vulnerable to the elements.

While a house is to be looked out form, we conceived this work to be looked into - a voyeurism. A house while protecting also cuts out what it protects. Thus we conceived these "peep holes" which invite and tantalize. While engineering and titled the structure to create a sense of lightness and grace with the light giving the impression of it floating.

It has been very exciting for us to design and execute JK House…."

Kamal Malik + Jehangir Jani