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now re-employed for the same purpose – to absorb heat from the Westerly sun that beats against the façade of the new house. This way, the designed openings and windows in the new house could be enjoyed without compromise. With each clay tile attached to a steel rod that turns freely, the terracotta façade metamorphoses into a moving façade, that ‘dances’ with the wind. Although it makes no sound, unlike a wind chime, the movement of wind is characteristically captured by the ‘displacement’ of each tile. Turning themselves to face the wind, the façade of the clay tiles is then an imprint pattern of the passing wind. Movement solidified. Keeping to beat with the adoption of old materials and the adaptation into new form, the interior of the house is peppered with traditional elements and suggest an earlier existence, now renewed. Sourced over the years, a set of old Chinese teak doors finished with a copper green patina is suitably re-designed as a spatial divider to accord some privacy to the study space on the first floor. Exposed brick is used as a wall finish, suggesting the original construction of the house. There is an interplay of exposed brick in alternating directions enclosing a double volume living room space, that sets off an interesting complement of rhythmic openings and tradition against the clay tile façade on the adjacent side.