A project on the banks of Walki river, spreading over a land of 2.5 acres ( 10,000 sq.m.) located at village kule, tal mulshi , around 35 km on the western side of Pune city. The site was surrounded by fertile farmland with paddy fields , coconut and mango plantations. The architects had to maintain the footprint of the existing farm house built on 142sq.m. as registered in the gram Panchayat records. 

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Architects: Q-design

Location: Kule Rd, Maharashtra, India

Architect In Charge: Anand Kulkarni

Project Team: Pankaj Puranik

Area: 175.4 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Atul Kanetkar, Shantanu Rao

Client : Prasad Kulkarni
Structural Consultant: Sunil Bhutkar

Landscape: Dhanashree Kulkarni

© Atul Kanetkar

From the architect. A project on the banks of Walki river, spreading over a land of 2.5 acres ( 10,000 sq.m.) located at village kule, tal mulshi , around 35 km on the western side of Pune city. The site was surrounded by fertile farmland with paddy fields , coconut and mango plantations. The architects had to maintain the footprint of the existing farm house built on 142sq.m. as registered in the gram Panchayat records. 

© Atul Kanetkar

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