The Lateral Veranda House is, in many ways, a natural extension of the House of Three Streams. They are located on the same site and were designed concurrently but built in separate phases.
Editor’s Note: “The Veranda House crowns the hills, gazing over the serene waters of Pawna Dam, where nature’s rhythm meets architectural grace. Its contemporary design follows the land’s gentle curves, weaving seamlessly into the landscape. Rugged boulders stand in quiet strength, while the delicate shadows of ancient trees play upon the walls, creating a harmonious blend of raw beauty and modern elegance.” ~Simran Khare
This Veranda House in Pune was Built in Separate Phases | Malik Architecture
This home is further down the slope of this densely forested and steep land. The ravines intersected and informed the house.
The House of Three Streams has, at this point, exited the site boundaries and the slopes here are slightly shallower.
The memory of ‘Place’ here is significant; Tung Fort sits in close proximity to the East; the topography of the land is particular; the forestation is dense and the climate is distinct, especially considering the eddying wind currents due to the large expanse of Pawna dam towards the North/East and the low lying hills to the South/South-West. The monsoon is violent but beautiful and rain rarely falls vertically due to the accompanying wind.
The house is over two primary levels, the upper one sheltering the communal spaces, and the lower one holding the sleeping and mechanical areas. The roof follows the stepping plinth as it adapts to the gradual shift in levels.
It undulates, shifts, sidesteps, hovers, and allows the passage of the hill and of the existing trees as it provides shade and frames the near and distant views. Its structural morphology of flitched rafters intertwining with the structural ‘Trees’ situates it in the landscape as a natural pause point in the journey down the hill.
Raw basalt walls anchor the proposal to the ground. The familiarity and historical application of this stone in every type of shelter, from the village home to the forts, turns these heavy elements into a built landscape.
The expected sense of witnessing a House is supplanted by something less recognizable yet familiar, something more ephemeral, yet it is visceral.
Everywhere, there are allusions to the surroundings and to the past. As you approach the House, the rising cylinder echoes the form of ancient fort bastions.
The organizational structure of the House precludes a discernible entry point or fixed boundaries, the ‘made’ and ‘found’ merge, and space and movement flow unhindered, much like an organism that has found its equilibrium in Nature; a special Homeostasis.
Fact File
Designed by: Malik Architecture
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Lateral Verandah House
Location: Pune
Year Built: 2022
Project Size: 12883 Sq.ft
Principal Architects: Kamal Malik, Arjun Malik, Meghana Tipnis, Netramohan Changmai & Sundeep Sarangi
Photograph Courtesy: Bharath Ramamrutham & Edmund Sumner
Structure Engineers: STURDCOM/ Global Engineering Services
General Contractor: Unique Concrete Technologies
Landscape Architects: Studio Humane
Interior Contractor: Rajesh Parmar, Manoj Suthaar
Plumbing Contractor: Raju Bhai
Roofing: Epopsi Strumat
Firm’s Website Link: Malik Architecture
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