The Wendy House / Earthscape Studio

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Text statement provided by the architects. The tract is simply a beauteous backstage onshore of 8 acres which is simply a dense wood with tons of coconut trees, mango trees, Nutmeg, Teak, etc. Finding a cleanable spot for the farmhouse became hard since we don’t privation to chopped down immoderate trees connected site. By making a grid connected site, the signifier of the gathering has been achieved successful accordance with the histrion position.

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Plan - Roof

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We wanted nary alloy oregon factual operation and we bash not privation to disturb the existing earthy situation truthful we projected a timbrel vault structure. This timbrel Vault method has been followed arsenic per my mentor Ar.Senthil Kumar Doss’s catenary-based vault structures. Twin Vault operation has been done with the magnitude of 36’ and 32’ width with the tallness of 13’ and 11’ each. The vault signifier has been formed based connected the presumption of the trees and earthy surroundings which camouflages with the site. A beauteous courtyard with a tiny h2o assemblage has been formed successful betwixt the duplicate vault wherever the spaces are transparent and unfastened to the courtyard. This courtyard creates earthy lighting wrong the spaces. Different levels person been created successful the gathering successful accordance with the tract contour.

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Plan

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Sithu kal – Small bricks of 3 layers person been done for the vault. These bricks are utilized for the madras terrace extortion method successful South India which is present not being used. The assemblage radical who marque these bricks became unemployed. By utilizing this worldly we marque a assemblage to enactment unneurotic bringing backmost sustainability.

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Section BB

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Waste Broken tiles from factories person been reused for the 4th furniture to debar costly waterproofing chemicals. Reused rods person been utilized for the frameworks and supports of the vault during operation which has been further utilized for gathering the built-in furnishings similar sofas, Breakfast counters, and beds, and besides for the model of mudga (reused mudga tiles) roofing above. This mudga tile has been sourced astir a 15 km radius making it a locally disposable sustainable material. Wood for furnishings and doorway has been utilized from discarded wood which was besides locally sourced. To enclose the duplicate vault, poured world partition has been built wherever the mud has been collected from the site.

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Throughout the process, my mentor Ar.Vinu Daniel guided and encouraged the caller techniques and methods. The full operation play is 8 months and we stayed astatine the tract for the afloat operation period. Experimenting with antithetic materials arsenic their archetypal forms makes the operation process absorbing and the gathering becomes quality affable and sustainable. The main ideology and conception of this farmhouse are to bring retired a nature-friendly gathering and usage each locally disposable materials making it sustainable

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Published connected February 01, 2023

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