[ Filed under Urban Design or in the Archi­tec­ture cat­e­gory ] Tak­ing lay­out lessons from the mis­takes of unplanned city devel­op­ment, this multi-unit hous­ing com­plex is a unique attempt to com­bine gen­uine com­mu­nity spaces with pri­vate res­i­dences – custom-planned apart­ments with shared green space but room to breath as well, all on large plot of land. There is an organic way in which urban den­sity leads to devel­op­ments that may never have been designed for those liv­ing within them – from acci­den­tal single-family home-to-apartment adap­ta­tions to inten­tional but cookie-cutter stacked mod­u­lar hous­ing sit­u­a­tions. In India, Ana­gram Archi­tects (images by Asim Waqif) has antic­i­pated the par­a­digm and designed some­thing to respond in advance of inevitable sub­ur­ban sprawl on the edge of a major city