Mausam - House of the Seasons / ZERO STUDIO
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The Context
© Ar Hamid MM
Architects: ZERO STUDIO
Location: Mannarkkad, India
Area: 150.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Ar Hamid MM
Project Team : Hamid MM, Hafeef PK, Shabna K, AAshis J, Khadeeja Rasha,Shafeek Ahamed, Nidhin raj KJ,
Structural Engineering : Diseno Structurals
Contractor : Charcoal Constructions
Metal Fabrication : Spark Enterprises
Electrical & Plumbing : S.J Group Electricals
Landscaping : Landsystems Landscape
© Ar Hamid MM
The ContextMore than being low budget, this house is the outcome of a realization that architecture need not be expensive and brand new. In the wake of globalization, when ideas and information are just a click away and are followed by a larger audience falling to different layers of the society, the image of what is good architecture has been stereotyped to a major extent. In developing countries like India, this is rooted in a notion that there is a certain kind of architecture that represents the financial status of the user especially in the case of residences where mostly everyone wants a home that ?looks? rich and expensive. Like elsewhere, this has caused residential architecture in Kerala too, to slowly drift away from using the vernacular materials, techniques and thus compromising aspects such as climatic responsiveness, energy efficiency in the due course. The kind of architecture...
© Ar Hamid MM
Architects: ZERO STUDIO
Location: Mannarkkad, India
Area: 150.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Ar Hamid MM
Project Team : Hamid MM, Hafeef PK, Shabna K, AAshis J, Khadeeja Rasha,Shafeek Ahamed, Nidhin raj KJ,
Structural Engineering : Diseno Structurals
Contractor : Charcoal Constructions
Metal Fabrication : Spark Enterprises
Electrical & Plumbing : S.J Group Electricals
Landscaping : Landsystems Landscape
© Ar Hamid MM
The ContextMore than being low budget, this house is the outcome of a realization that architecture need not be expensive and brand new. In the wake of globalization, when ideas and information are just a click away and are followed by a larger audience falling to different layers of the society, the image of what is good architecture has been stereotyped to a major extent. In developing countries like India, this is rooted in a notion that there is a certain kind of architecture that represents the financial status of the user especially in the case of residences where mostly everyone wants a home that ?looks? rich and expensive. Like elsewhere, this has caused residential architecture in Kerala too, to slowly drift away from using the vernacular materials, techniques and thus compromising aspects such as climatic responsiveness, energy efficiency in the due course. The kind of architecture...
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