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The temple at dusk, at the end of a long still pool, its reflection in the water
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ZeN Rising

experience stillness.

A weekend home with a loft, in A Note of ZeN, by the Narmada canal near Ahmedabad.

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The idea

nature is
within us.

The calm we drive out of the city to find was never out there. It is ours. ZeN Rising is a home made to give it room.

A tall room for the light to move through. Materials you can touch: lime, terracotta, walnut, stone. A loft to climb into at the end of the day. Little to own, and nothing to prove.

A pink cosmos flower in the meadow
Cosmos in the meadow at ZeN.
Moods

Its interiors let nature into the room, in more than one mood.

  • Concrete and Lightlight on bare walls
  • Earth and Sunearth, colour and garden
  • Timber Calmthe warmth of timber
  • Sage and Stonestone and quiet
The home

a weekend home
with a loft.

Two gables. One tall room. A stair that seems to float up the wall to a bedroom under the roof.

  • the roomA double-height living room
  • the stairFloating walnut treads on a walnut-clad wall
  • the floorGrey Kota stone
  • the feature wallTerracotta tile
  • upstairsA loft bedroom under the gable
  • the kitchenCompact, on a terrazzo floor
A street of ZeN Rising homes at golden hour: stone walls under timber gables, palms and flowering beds
A street of ZeN Rising homes at golden hour: stone walls under timber gables, palms and flowering beds
The homes along the street in daylight, a garden at every gate
The homes along the street in daylight, a garden at every gate
The same street at blue hour, the homes lit from within
The same street at blue hour, the homes lit from within
The entrance plaza: a dark stone court, a sculpture of steel palms and the two gate pavilions
The entrance plaza: a dark stone court, a sculpture of steel palms and the two gate pavilions
The two gate pavilions in stone and glass, the drive between them
The two gate pavilions in stone and glass, the drive between them
Turn the home in 3D
The double-height living room: terracotta tile wall, walnut stair rising to the loft, grey Kota floor
The double-height living room: terracotta tile wall, walnut stair rising to the loft, grey Kota floor
Floating walnut treads on a walnut-clad wall, sunlight across them
Floating walnut treads on a walnut-clad wall, sunlight across them
The compact kitchen under the loft, on a terrazzo floor
The compact kitchen under the loft, on a terrazzo floor
From the kitchen, a step down into the living room
From the kitchen, a step down into the living room
Looking down from the loft into the living room
Looking down from the loft into the living room
The loft bedroom behind a slender railing, under the gable
The loft bedroom behind a slender railing, under the gable

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Renders of the final home and its street. Artistic representations; details may change.

Interior moods

change the mood,
live.

In the VR walkthrough the home changes around you: walls, floor, feature wall, kitchen counter and cabinets, bed linen. Five moods to begin with.

As designed

the final interior, as designed by Hiren Patel Architects and Design

The living room as designed: lime plaster, terracotta tile, walnut, grey Kota
  • WallsLime plaster
  • Feature wallTerracotta tile
  • FloorGrey Kota
  • Kitchen counterGrey stone
  • Kitchen cabinetsWhite
  • Bed linenNatural

Material tiles are indicative, taken from the renders and from the textures in the VR model. See each mood at full scale in VR at the studio.

The land

be one with
the universe.

ZeN Rising is the newest part of A Note of ZeN, near the village of Vekra, by the Narmada canal. Meadows, water and birdsong.

Orange and yellow cosmos in flower, young trees behind
Orange and yellow cosmos in flower, young trees behind
A butterfly resting on goldenrod
Butterfly on goldenrod.
A pink water lily among lily pads
Water lily.
A garden lizard warming itself on a stone ledge
A garden lizard in the sun.
The lakeside in the evening, a rock waterfall and a single palm
The lakeside, evening.
Rows of young planting in flower, the temple on the horizon
Young planting in flower, the temple on the horizon. Drone, April 2024.
From above at dusk: the long pool and the temple, the flat land beyond
From above at dusk. Drone, March 2024.
100

acres, the whole of A Note of ZeN

With a plantation of more than half a million trees and shrubs.

Getting there
  • Gulmohar Greens Country Club20 km30 min drive
  • Sindhu Bhavan Road37 km1 hr drive
  • Shilaj Cross Road, SP Ring Road38 km
  • Ahmedabad Railway Junction45 km1.5 hr drive
  • Sardar Patel International Airport50 km1.5 hr drive

New Karnavati Club and Arvind Uplands are about a 30 minute drive. Distances and drive times are approximate, as given in the 2025 A Note of ZeN brochure.

The temple

at the end of
the long water.

Walk the length of the pool at dusk and the temple waits at its end, tiered roofs dark against the sky. At night it glows from within.

The temple's tiered timber roofs and spire against a pale sky
Tiered timber roofs and the spire.
The temple silhouetted under a red sky, mirrored in the pool
Sunset over the pool.
The temple lit from within at night
Lit from within.
The experience

walk it first,
in VR.

At the studio, put on a headset and stand inside the home at full scale.

  • Walk through the rooms and open the doors
  • Change the time of day and watch the light move
  • Switch the finishes, mood by mood
  • Look out over the land around it

No experience with VR is needed. A guide walks with you, and can lead the way.

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The home as a model: looking down from the loft into the living room
The home as a 3D model, from the loft.
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