🏡 How to Optimise the House Design

In most houses today, we see a common problem — spaces built out of habit rather than need. Drawing rooms that remain locked for months, guest bedrooms occupying the most valuable ground-floor real estate, and oversized windows that bring in more heat than light.

At ORAD, we believe optimising space is about designing for life, not tradition. The ground floor should belong to the family — to spaces that are alive every day. Instead of dead areas, we encourage adding what we call a place of joy: a small courtyard, a skylit corner, or a breakfast nook that becomes the emotional centre of the home.

Optimisation also means being smart about light and ventilation. Large glass walls may look modern, but in our climate, they compromise comfort and privacy. Smaller, well-placed openings — clerestories, slits, or screens — can make spaces breathe beautifully.

Architecture should be personal. Every family has its own rhythm. Before building, write down how you live — what you value most — and let your house evolve around that.

As architects like Le Corbusier, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Rojkind Arquitectos have shown, meaningful design isn’t about scale or style — it’s about clarity, honesty, and emotion. Rojkind’s Amanali House is a perfect example — a living, breathing space shaped by light and air, not by convention.

In a world where real estate repetition has made everything look the same, a truly optimised house stands out — not by design alone, but by purpose.

When you remove what’s dead, you make room for what’s alive.That’s what makes a house a home.