This home is set in a landscape that reminisces Private Garden of yesteryear Kerala. It dates back to the 80s when houses were placed in the middle of a relatively larger plot. This plot accommodates a private garden, a kitchen garden, and holds flora and fauna that serve more than ornamental purposes.
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The home reminds you of settings in a Sathyan Anthikkad movie, where the story is set in a quaint rural village of sorts, with all its innocence. The clients: husband, wife, and their two kids decided to live within close proximity to both of their parents once they settled down in their own home.
Staying true to the narrative, the designers Private Garden placed the house as far as possible from the boundary, enabling a good enough frontage that becomes room for a wide variety of local plants and trees in their private garden. The users can now reach the husband’s ancestral home from the backyard, making it a larger property than a minuscule box that just contains the house.
The planning of the house is done in such a way that the majority of the functions are Private Garden assigned to the spaces on the ground floor, with just one bedroom and a utility space happening on the first floor.
The planning is somewhat axial, where courtyards and passages divide the spaces into quadrants based on their nature. They delineated the layout between private, semi-private, and non-private spaces by using just enough walls.
The courtyards thus formed make room for adding a touch of green in the interiors, also providing niches wherein the users can sit idly and stargaze sometimes during the night. The palette of materials and textures reveals the house as a humble entity with just enough things tailor-made for the users involved, also trying to evoke a sense of warmth for them.
Fact File
Designed by: ZERO STUDIO
Project Type: Residential Architecture design
Project Name: Residence at Edavanna
Location: Edavanna, Kerala
Year Built: 2024
Built-up Area: 3014 sqft
Principal Architects: Hafeef Pk, Hamid Mm
Team Design Credits: Jishnu
Photograph Courtesy: EDWIN JAMES
Manufacturers: ATOMBERG, Aura Illumination, HOMSTER, KURIKKAL, METARCH
Technical Team: Ahammed Shafeeq, Muhammed Shameer Pk, Aneesh, Issudheen, Vyshakh, Nidheesh, Sammas, Midhun, Hareesh, Shamseera
Engineering & Consulting > Structural: RA LAB
Engineering & Consulting > Mep: ELMEK
General Contractor: RAFEEQ
Engineering & Consulting > Other: NOUSHAD
Landscape Architecture: TOKA LANDSCAPE
Source: Archdaily
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