Studio Mumbai Architects understand designed the Palmyra house in Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India.Constructed entirely from locally sourced and sustainably harvested palmyra, the home is sited on a functioning coconut plantation sway the West Indian coastal town of Alibaug.
This two-storey abutment house, built since a hop retreat, lies prerogative the shade of an heavyweight coconut grove on coastal agricultural land unsimilar the sea, ultimate the fishing station of Nandgaon, south of Mumbai. The functions of the house are placed within two oblong masses slightly offset from one another, whose facades are predominantly characterised by louvres made from the trunks of the specific Palmyra palm. The textile is specious of ain wood; especial basalt was used to make butt end walls, plinths and paving.
Plaster finishes were pigmented blot out mushroom from the place. The increase of the design and detail, which resulted from assistance between the architect and the craftsmen, took on tested techniques, both distinguishing and foreign, and raised them to a surpassing formation resolution.
The accommodation is well-adapted to its environment: the louvres on the elevations enable passive cooling, now does the extensive awning provided by the coconut trees above; water for the house is harvested from three on-site wells, filtered and stored at the top of a bedew tower further fed by gist to the house. The arrangement of these measures is a quietly compelling persevere that is utterly integrated into its countryside. [studiomumbai]
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