Shel House / Phenotype

It’s one thing to experience a space that erases all traces of urbanism, that awes you with its sheer magnitude of beauty and grandeur, and another altogether, to build in that environment a dwelling that encapsulates this emotion for its inhabitants. Anica Kochhar, Principal Architect of Phenotype Architecture Studio, discovered that the relationship with home can be as personal as the one shared with nature, and it is the symbiosis of these parallel sentiments that led to the creation of this quaint 15,000 sq feet homestay Shel in the picturesque Ladakh region of northern India.