The project is a weekend home on the ashtamudi lake in the tropics. It is a sustainable house with a minimal foot print that upcycles various spaces, components and materials from a dilapiadted structure, that existed on the site. The design retains traces of the existing house while adding new spatial volumes, satisfying the functional requirements of the users. The project is a weekend home on the ashtamudi lake in the tropics. It is a sustainable house with a minimal foot print that upcycles various spaces, components and materials from a dilapiadted structure, that existed on the site. The design retains traces of the existing house while adding new spatial volumes, satisfying the functional requirements of the users.
The chiseled house was one of our earliest renovation projects. The original house was constructed 13 years back and had used heavy ornamentation in its architectural expression. The layout had disjointed functions and lacked ventilation. We redesigned the house with a minimal architectural vocabulary based on the functional requirements. The skewed roof form is the outcome of a design process based on functional requirements and structural integrity. Layers of bamboo and other tropical planting, at different strategic points bring about passive cooling, and adds greenery to the house.
