This Surat home epitomises modern living but is rooted in tradition

This 4BHK, 2550-sq-ft apartment had to be transformed into a home for a family of six: a senior couple, a junior couple and the latter’s two young children. The brief wasn’t elaborate, but its pithy content spelt out the entire design direction: a luxury that is sensed rather than overt, and a home with an Indian heart. “With this as a guide,” says Hardik Shah, founder, Studio Lagom, “the decision became to create a design with clean, simple bones, and then overlay this contemporary base with material applications that were subtle yet striking.