House on a Stream / Architecture BRIO
With a stream running through the house, this retreat in Alibag is delicately woven into the landscape, alternately opening up and closing itself to the different characteristics of the site. A multitude of medicinal and fruit-bearing trees provide for an intimate ambiance and comfortable microclimate. Though seasonal, the streambed allows for an interesting landscape feature throughout the year. The house is placed on the banks of the stream where it makes a sudden S-curve. A short walk along the stream before entering the house builds up an element of anticipation. Like an organism trying to make the most use of its resources and surroundings, the house with its several limbs reaches out into the landscape making full use of the views within the site and dramatizes special moments: a beautiful tree, a view of the mountains beyond or the cascading stream during the monsoon rains. What started out as a Cartesian response to the site became deformed, stretched and pushed in.
© Sebastian Zachariah
Architects: Architecture BRIO
Location: Alibaugh, India
Category: Houses
Design: Robert Verrijt, Shefali Balwani
Structural Design: Vijay K. Patil & Associates
Area: 300.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah
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© Sebastian Zachariah
Architects: Architecture BRIO
Location: Alibaugh, India
Category: Houses
Design: Robert Verrijt, Shefali Balwani
Structural Design: Vijay K. Patil & Associates
Area: 300.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah
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