India, March 2 -- The most reliable way to understand a housing colony is not from its master plan but from inside a house. In one duplex at Asiad Village, the dining room rises unexpectedly into a double-height volume. A narrow staircase moves upward along one wall, turning once before reaching the bedrooms. Light enters from high windows. In May, when Delhi heat hardens into something almost metallic, the hot air lifts and escapes upward. The room remains usable without theatrical cooling. The terrace above extends the house into the sky. One begins to understand the project not as outdated design of the 1980s but as a deliberate climatic argument. Asiad Village was built for the 1982 Asian Games on a 35-acre site beside what is now the S...