Designed for family of 4 beside the National Highway 66. The owner's brief was a down to earth house, comfortable,nature friendly but something new with good privacy.The site’s proximity to the highway and requirement for a peaceful nature-filled abode formed the framework for architecture.The plan addresses the requirements for privacy and need for open free-flowing interiors entwined with nature. The studio treaded the unconventional route by designing an iconic structure. The house conceived with juxtaposition of two simple platonic forms-an angled triangular portion added adjacent to a skewed rectangular form. This was given a traditional twist by using burnt bricks. Load bearing exposed brick house. Slanting roof emphasises climate-friendly architecture reducing heat, draining water. The house brings nature inside with skylights and lattice work which define breezeways facilitating natural cooling inside & clever distribution of internal courtyards and pools. The house is a ‘NET ZERO’ entity. The house addresses aspirational requirements of clients to deliver a restrained architectural result visually arresting,functionally efficient&an organic addition to the local milieu.
Bio Srijit Srinivas Architects is a multiple International Award winning architecture studio based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Founded by its namesake, the firm is known for creating buildings with timeless value.
Their portfolio consists of apartments, residential homes, healthcare buildings,
commercial buildings, institutional, convention centres, resorts and so on. They
passionately believe that architecture in essence is the purposeful sculpting of the
built form in a figure-ground relationship with the unbuilt spaces that ensconces it.
Other prizes They have won the Jury award at the coveted 34 th World Architecture Community Awards 2020, for the Benziger Hospice Home, Trivandrum and is also a winner of the 40th World Architecture Awards for the Brick Lattice House, among other regional awards like the Trends Excellence Awards.
