Being set in a high density residential colony, where building masses are squeezed to give a linear plan, cutting out fenestration from sides and leaving a constraint of natural ventilation only through the main facia, this project explores the possibility to bring in natural light to the dark inner living space through a vertical void making space for staircase allowing some quality light through the tinted glass. The residence is designed in three floors and a terrace portraying a transition of a modern home to an ethnic setting as we go up. The walls being finished with a stone textures, the floor carved in wooden planks, patterned tiles and the doors fabricated in horizontal veneers which brings together a transitional theme from modern to traditional.