{"id":295647,"date":"2026-01-21T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/295647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:50:13","slug":"muselab-designs-apartment-where-grid-takes-on-many-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/295647\/","title":{"rendered":"MuseLAB designs apartment where grid “takes on many roles”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mosaic, checkerboard and pixelated<\/a> patterns influenced by grids<\/a> characterise this multi-generational residence<\/a> in Mumbai<\/a> designed by Indian architecture studio MuseLAB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 278-square-metre apartment, named Gingham Dreams, is located in a high-rise building in Mumbai’s Versova suburb.<\/p>\n

MuseLAB<\/a> founders Jasem Pirani and Huzefa Rangwala chose to use the grid as a recurring pattern throughout the residence, due to its simplicity.<\/p>\n

\"GinghamMuseLAB has completed the interiors of an apartment in Mumbai<\/p>\n

“The grid is a very simple element. It gives the space a sense of order and calm, yet it also allows the freedom to play and experiment with,” Pirani and Rangwala told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“In the house, the grid takes on many roles,” they explained.<\/p>\n

“[The grid] extends onto walls, ceilings, furniture and into every space, shifting in scale and expression. This repetition creates a quiet continuity, unifying the home while allowing each space to feel distinct.”<\/p>\n

\"DiningGrids have been used as a recurring motif<\/p>\n

Residents enter via a door bordered with dual-toned veneer laid out in a checkerboard pattern. The foyer gives way to an open-plan living, dining and study area, inlaid with pastel-hued marble flooring set out in a grid.<\/p>\n

The gridded flooring is decorated with amoeboid forms and geometric shapes that are mirrored on the ceiling in the form of mouldings.<\/p>\n

\"GinghamThe living, dining and study spaces are open-plan<\/p>\n

The team installed a latticed wooden partition referencing Japanese shoji screens near the foyer, separating the study from the living and dining spaces.<\/p>\n

“The materiality is a constant kit of parts, with four varieties of marble articulated as crafted inlay work,” MuseLAB explained.<\/p>\n

“Across the house, you see hues of fiery coral, pale blue, warm beige and Lake Placid green headline the palette, manifesting in the vast canvas-like floor, surface finishes and furniture.”<\/p>\n

\"GinghamA Japanese shoji-style partition wraps the study<\/p>\n

A pastel-green quartzite island with a waterfall edge sits at the centre of the kitchen, which extends out from the dining area.<\/p>\n

MuseLAB created a checkerboard pattern at the bottom of the island, which spreads out onto the surrounding flooring.<\/p>\n

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The grid motifs also extend to the four bedrooms of the house, each fitted with checkerboard-patterned doors.<\/p>\n

A veneer-clad false ceiling in the primary bedroom echoes the geometric flooring pattern of the living room.<\/p>\n

In the kids’ bedroom, a wall with a rectangular grid takes centre stage, with a set of twin beds appearing to emerge from two of the rectangular modules.<\/p>\n

Here, MuseLAB decorated veneer-clad wardrobes with coral and pastel-green mosaic patterns.<\/p>\n

\"GinghamA checkerboard pattern features in the flooring of the kitchen<\/p>\n

This combination continues in the ensuite, which features a coral-hued vanity with a pixelated texture teamed with an amoeba-shaped mirror.<\/p>\n

The guest bedroom doubles as an activity room, where the MuseLAB team installed a foldaway bed concealed behind a powder-blue wall.<\/p>\n

The remaining walls are wrapped with dual-toned veneer-clad wardrobes and geometric floating shelves.<\/p>\n

\"GinghamA gridded false ceiling features in the primary bedroom<\/p>\n

Other details in the apartment that draw upon grids include mosaic-style wainscoting, latticed lampshades and pixelated bathroom tiling.<\/p>\n

Many of the furniture pieces feature upholstery with pixelated patterns in earthy hues.<\/p>\n

Sculptures by Sycaro<\/a> and artworks by Hands & Minds<\/a>, Coffee Stain Designs and Keph Design Studio<\/a> are strewn across the apartment.<\/p>\n

\"GinghamMuseLAB chose dual-toned veneer finishes for the guest bedroom<\/p>\n

“At its heart, this home is about feeling grounded yet free, a warm, playful space where structure quietly gives way to everyday life, memories, and togetherness,” commented Pirani and Rangwala.<\/p>\n

Other Indian residences recently featured on Dezeen include a weekend retreat on the outskirts of Bengaluru designed by architecture studio Taliesyn<\/a> and a multi-generational home surrounded by a moat near Hyderabad designed by 23 Degrees Design Shift<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Nayan Soni<\/a>.<\/p>\n