Kaluve House

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Built Area: 3300 sq.ft
Year of completion: 2010

The house in Classic Orchards is an outcome of several inputs and iterations. It was designed with a fairly detailed visualization of space-usage by the family that has a modern lifestyle but is inherently deeply rooted in South Indian culture. The house is a fusion of contemporary needs and elements of traditional South Indian houses. It also utilizes elements of traditional houses from north India – like jharokha and terrace rooms found in Rajasthan. Jagali which is a common traditional element in Karnataka is recreated using the same building components.

Certain motifs are developed towards a design language exemplifying the fusion. The plan is oriented to gain maximum landscape area. Light is given special consideration by way of location, orientation and treatment of openings. Vastu is especially catered to by way of slope of landscape, location of pooja, opening up and bringing focus to the core of the site and building – the brahma-sthana and axial alignments. Connectivity of spaces, an open plan as well as privacy are balanced in the design, which is layered into three levels and connected with external landscape spaces. A separate yet integrated servant-quarter is also part of the building – respecting privacy, making it non-intrusive both in plan and usage.

The house also has an elaborate water-harvesting system with all the surface runoff water fed to a well, which serves water to the household for months on end, drastically reducing their dependency on municipal water supply.

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