The design house, founded by Anita Lal nearly three decades ago, has built its reputation on a deep, almost archival engagement with South Asian craft traditions. But Chahar Bagh marks a shift – not merely a geographical expansion but a conceptual one. The space draws from the Persian chahar bagh, the quadrilateral garden that historically acted as a cosmological diagram. These gardens were not recreational amenities; they were philosophical propositions carved into land, meditations on symmetry, water, fertility, and the delicate balance between man and nature. To reimagine such a garden indoors, in a desert metropolis known for its speed and spectacle, is almost mischievously countercultural.