The Mango House
By Puran Kumar, Studio PKA
A Constructive Critique by Rajiv Parekh
The Library House
By Rajiv Parekh, reD Architects
A Constructive Critique by Puran Kumar
The Dialogue
THE MANGO HOUSE — IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTEXT
RAJIV PAREKH: Engaging with the Mango House was an amazing experience. But before I elucidate on that, I would like to know your thought when you were designing The Mango House. And when you finished the design process and started living in it, what was your impression? How much of your original intent followed through? In retrospect do you ever think you would have approached it differently?
PURAN KUMAR: The Mango House is a blend of a few of things—it’s a dream. It’s an aspiration that has taken a physical form. But while you are manifesting a dream into reality, you realise that architecture as a weapon is so potent that you can actually convert a figment of your imagination, into a reality that you can live.
As far as The Mango House is concerned, it’s set in a vernacular context. It couldn’t have been like a city house. It’s got a very earthy feel to it, it’s got its rustic charm. I didn’t want anything that is more than a village house. Having said that there are space requirements, which is why the volume comes into play.
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