Studio One by Zero is a dynamic multidisciplinary firm located in Chennai, founded and led by the architect couple Kavya Rajendra and Deepak Sundaram. Our mission is to craft impactful experiences through architectural spaces that enhance lives. We specialize in a wide array of projects including residential, office, commercial, and retail spaces, where we blend contemporary design sensibilities with the richness of local art and heritage.
This approach not only supports environmental sustainability but also ensures that our designs remain relevant and timeless. Our team, characterized by its growth and diversity, operates cohesively to foster collaborative relationships with clients, translating our shared vision into reality.
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2350 sq.ft.
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Farm House
Designed with exposed brick and concrete, enriched by abundant greenery indoors, including dual courtyards for seamless indoor-outdoor connectivity. The ficus tree centralizes gatherings, while a parametric wall in the west courtyard manages harsh sunlight and heat, demanding precise execution on site.
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3732 sq.ft.
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Residential
Muvendan’s residence is a private residential project, nestled within the neighbourhood of KK Nagar, Chennai. The design brief for the house had many memories attached from the client’s side. Now evolving over time, they wanted to experience contemporary modulations in the same space by renovating the facade design with simple, minimal and elegant.
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15,000 sq.ft.
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Residential
Placed in a rectangular plot, the project makes the most of it by using a contemporary built form with well-planned zoning. Once entering the site, the visitor is welcomed to a larger volume where all the common spaces with parking facilities are dynamically knit into one with an elongated water body by the entrance. The double-height area facilitates a vertical spatial connection, providing visual communication and interaction between the two-floor planes. Designed with recreational activities such as a gym, home theatre and a swimming pool with lawn space crowns the residence. A perfect space for family gatherings, the Dining and Living areas are thoughtfully connected by a courtyard, encouraging quality family time and fostering a warm atmosphere for bonding and a puja space for moments of reflection and prayer.
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5000 sq.ft.
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Residential
This private residence in Anna Nagar blends classical and modern styles, featuring a double-height entrance and seamless indoor-outdoor connection via large windows and skylights. The layout includes a ground floor with living areas, kitchen, guest bedroom, and garden sit-out; a first floor with master bedroom and library; and a second floor with bedroom, gym, and home theatre, all connected by an elevator for convenience and privacy.
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2041 Sq ft
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Residential Interior
This stunning home blends modern and traditional elements with a rich color scheme and minimal paneling. Highlights include a foyer with a Buddha statue and temple-inspired vaulted ceiling, a living room with duco paint and veneer panels, and a dining area featuring a wooden false ceiling. Each room showcases bold designs reflecting unique functionality and individuality.
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1534 sq ft
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Residential Interiors
This 2 BHK residence blends authentic South Indian, modern, and rustic aesthetics with functional design elements. Highlights include a foyer with a Ganesha statue on marble ledge, vibrant sofa colors, connected living-dining-kitchen spaces, and a rustic TV wall unit with brick cladding. Bedrooms feature themed designs like a galaxy-themed kids' room and a master bedroom with brick cladding and rattan accents.
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260 sq ft
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Residential Interiors
The house blends traditional South Indian elements like wooden columns and teak furniture with unique touches such as an antique column head as a coffee table base. A folding window in the bedroom features an 8-foot painting of the shore temple in Mahabalipuram, providing flexibility to enjoy balcony views or entertain guests in privacy. Warm lighting enhances the cozy ambiance, creating a perfect family hangout spot.
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1640 Sq ft
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Residence interior
This 2.5 BHK residence beautifully embodies South Indian aesthetics, blending traditional charm with modern functionality. The home welcomes you with a foyer adorned in exquisite Pichwai wallpaper, setting a tone of elegance. The living and dining areas are enhanced by elegant Chettinad pillars, wooden rafters, and a rustic sofa wall with brick cladding. The bedrooms are thoughtfully designed, featuring a cozy study room, a kids room with a versatile sofa cum bed, and a master bedroom with printed fabric headboard and jute accents.
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600 sq ft
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Office
The need for an own office resulted in the renovation of a 600 sq ft space in Shenoy Nagar. We transformed a 28-year-old 2BHK into an open-plan space merging living and work areas. Featuring reclaimed teak and pillai maruthu wood furniture, the office embraces natural light, greenery, and rustic elements like live edge wood tables and leather finish green kota stone, enhanced by black and white travel photos and indoor plants for a vibrant atmosphere.
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250 sq.ft.
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Office Interior
This 250 sq ft room was transformed from unused space into a functional office meeting area, focusing on light, pleasant colors due to the lack of windows. Featuring a white terrazzo slab floor with amber glass chips, acoustic fabric panels behind the table, and fluted panels on the TV wall, the design creates a calming and peaceful workspace that meets client needs effectively.
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1838 sq.ft.
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Residential
Located in the town of Thanjavur, a private residence is designed to optimise the available space, lots of privacy and green pockets, and features simple volumes, functionality and spatiality. Understanding the client’s design brief provided the overall functionality of core spaces within the house. The ground floor is dedicated primarily to parking and the guest bedroom. On the first floor, the family room was planned with a balcony on the east side allowing maximum lighting and ventilation for the space. This balcony would act as a buffer from the habitable space and exterior area. The kitchen with a double-height dining covering with a pergola and glass on top allows natural lighting through the space.
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2536 sq.ft.
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Residential
The home tries to celebrate this achievement with simple minimal volumes, different zones of privacy, a courtyard & a small plunge pool on the ground floor. The client’s brief expressed the desire for a modern house having a pool and courtyard. The house is designed as a seamless extension of the natural landscape, enhanced with a sustainable living environment. The courtyard is positioned with maximum natural light and ventilation. To maintain the privacy of family members while also facilitating natural ventilation in the house, the courtyard becomes the point of convergence. With a play of levels around it, the courtyard is sunken to avoid the backsplash of water into adjacent spaces during monsoons. The formal and informal areas of the house, though visually connected, are distinctly separated and placed at the opposite ends of a central corridor.
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5313 Sq ft
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Residential interior
This 4BHK house across 3 floors features spacious bedrooms, a charming living room, striking dining area, beautiful kitchen, gym, and earthy balcony catering to client preferences. Carefully curated designs showcase diverse materials and bold aesthetics, highlighted by a warm marble-inlay foyer, unique storage, and a thoughtfully arranged living room with concrete paneling for visual appeal, emphasizing functional individuality in each space.
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4600 sq ft
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Residential Interiors
This 4600 sq ft residence in Coimbatore showcases creativity with elegance, featuring a focal living room adorned with stone wall cladding and vibrant sofa colors. Bedrooms boast wall painting backdrops and purposeful furniture placements. The terrace serves as an extension of the family lounge, ideal for gatherings, while interior furnishings are meticulously chosen to complement the homeowner's art collection.
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2235 Sq ft
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Commercial interiors
The wellness clinic features a tranquil design concept with light colors, tactile textures, and ambient lighting to promote calmness. Spaces include reception, consulting rooms, VIP Kerastase room, and treatment areas like manicure, pedicure, facial, and reflexology rooms. Design highlights include solid wood reception backdrop, arched display shelves with focal lighting, and consultation rooms accentuated by curved displays and cove lighting.
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2041 Sq ft
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Hospital
This innovative medical facility integrates nature-inspired curves and welcoming spaces like the "Tree of Life" entry. Key features include WPC ceiling and travertine wall cladding in the foyer for depth, while infection control is prioritized with anti-bacterial finishes in critical areas like operation theatres and labs. Subdued artificial lighting enhances comfort and complements the interior design throughout the hospital.
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1130 Sq ft
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Commercial
Pink Panther's showroom transformed from a house to a retail space inspired by Sabyasachi's aesthetic features a regal color palette. The cashier counter boasts fabric panels and wallpaper, enhancing the royal ambiance. Elegant jewellery displays with arches, brass rods, and focal lighting highlight pieces against fabric backdrops, emphasizing detail and luxury.
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1756 Sq ft
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Residence interior
This contemporary residential space prioritizes comfort and functionality with tailored designs and material selections, featuring a foyer integrating wood, marble, and brass. The living and dining areas showcase sophisticated elements like bookmark marble backdrops, a minimalistic table with a gold-plated chandelier, and accents such as a fluted glass crockery unit and a serene fluted glass pooja mandir.
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1335 sq ft
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Residential Interiors
The residence features modern luxurious interiors with neutral tones, wooden surfaces, and brass accents forming the palette. Vertical lines and occasional forms break monotony, while the spacious floor plan integrates formal and informal seating, an open kitchen, and a harmonious dining area. Cove and pendant lighting enhance the charm and grace of the space.
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2536 sq.ft.
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Industrial
Located in Shenoy Nagar, Chennai. The project comes from the need to design a chocolate factory’s facade while respecting the existing building. The design of the chocolate factory was inspired by Chocolate in its Molten Form, used as a concept to derive the shape of the factory facade. This design approach is enhanced by adding a Metal sheet with perforation allowing maximum lighting and ventilation through the space. Each material colour of the project is matched to the concept, in such a way that it becomes the guide of the project.
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5013 sq.ft.
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Farm House
This farmhouse sits on a site of 1.4 acres positioned at the corner of the property, the house boasts a sprawling garden that envelops its entirety, immersing in the beauty of nature. The client mostly resides during weekends, came up with the requirements of having a 4-bed house with a beautiful view and allowing natural light and ventilation all over the spaces. Once entering the house, the visitor is welcomed to a larger verandah space. The main design element of this remarkable farmhouse is the courtyard at its centre facing the landscape with a waterbody.
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2811 sq.ft.
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Residential
The residence is nestled in the serene neighbourhood of VOC Nagar. This 2,800 square feet home opens up into a light-filled double-height courtyard with a bay window, making it interactive over the spaces. The home features passive cooling techniques and also ensures it is well-lit-naturally, throughout the day. The strategic location of the courtyard renders its association throughout the entirety of this house. The living, dining and bedroom overlooks the courtyard at different levels.
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9100 sq.ft.
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Place of Worship
A well-known spiritual centre designed with a multipurpose meditation hall to conduct its teaching programs and community gatherings. The hostel has been renovated into a meditation centre designed without losing the functionality of the space with the grand entry to the height entrance arch. The meditation centre has been planned around its nucleus: the courtyard, with lush greenery space forming the heart of the project designed with curved pathways blended with the landscape that acts as relaxation, gathering space, yoga and meditation. This space is awash with light for most of the day, courtesy of the open to-sky skylight. The placements were following the Vaastu norms.
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