Gharuan Cafe
A standalone two-storey coffee roastery on a suburban Mohali plot. The building reads as a single brick mass interrupted by deep vertical fins and perforated jaali screens — solid where it needs privacy, perforated where it needs daylight.
The facade resolves around one move — vertical brick fins that step in and out to throw shadow against a single material plane. Behind each fin sits a jaali strip that filters daylight into the interior without exposing the street.
The plan is two layouts stacked: ground floor for retail roastery + counter, upper floor for the cafe seating. A pair of plumbing layers thread services between the two floors without breaking the facade rhythm.
Material vocabulary is restrained — brick, brick, and timber slatting in the recesses. Signage (Subko Coffee Roasters above, LUUMA below) takes the only flat panel on the entire facade.