Inside a 30-Year-Old Renovated Home Designed for Two Generations | Home Tour | @ArchPro
A 30-year-old house in Trivandrum is not replaced, it is re-engineered for a second life. Designed by Studio126, this 3000 sq.ft renovation transforms an occupied family home into a two-generation living system by unlocking the spatial potential that already existed in the structure. Take the full home tour.
Instead of demolishing the past, the design works through it. The original house already had strong fundamentals with double-height volumes, natural light access, and garden-facing edges, but these were underutilized and fragmented. The intervention focuses on removing barriers between spaces, strengthening visibility across the home, and turning circulation into continuous experience rather than segmented rooms.
The most critical challenge was not design, it was execution. The family continued living inside the house during construction, which meant the renovation had to move in controlled phases. Each zone had to be completed, stabilized, and handed back before the next phase began. This staggered process demanded precision sequencing, because any misalignment would disrupt both livability and structural coherence.
To enable faster transformation within an existing shell, steel and lightweight structural systems were introduced to achieve longer spans without the time intensity of conventional RCC rebuilding. Once the structure was rationalized, the material language shifted toward exposed brick, stone, and timber, bringing warmth back into a previously fragmented spatial layout.
The reorganization of the house is defined by clarity of zoning. Public spaces are anchored by an expanded dining zone that directly connects to redesigned kitchen and pantry areas. Semi-private living spaces open into a central courtyard that acts as the environmental and emotional core of the home. Private rooms overlook landscaped edges including a garden and koi pond, ensuring that every key space maintains a visual relationship with nature rather than internal walls.
What emerges is not a new house, but a recalibrated one, where structure, memory, and contemporary living coexist in a single continuous system.
Documented by ArchPro. Designed by Studio126
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