A House In The Grove
Indian Architect & Builder|February 2017

Proportion and materiality come together in this farmhouse to craft an experience of living within a grove, with a humble connection to all things nature- sun, wind and land. Environment and cost sustainability enabled the architects to develop a structure that is close to nature.

Sahiba Gulati
A House In The Grove

Are architects meant to design homes only for the rich ? Can a common man ever afford an architect to build his dream house, at a realistic cost ?

Vrindavan, sets itself as an example that good design can come at an affordable cost. Approached by a middle class retired couple to build a humble farmstay on their mango farm in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, within a strict budget of Rs.10lacs, was the first Design-Build opportunity for Studio unTAG. This abode is about a connect between man and nature. Its NOT about how the house looks, rather, it’s about what it overlooks and how it feels once inside it. A site specific spatial experience using local materials while keeping in mind functionality and construction costs, has led to the design of this meek sustainable farmstay.

unTAG is a unison of two contrasting personalities, Gauri Satam and Tejesh Patil, graduates from Sir JJ College of Architecture. For us, at unTAG every project is unique, and needs a SPECIFIC design solution, SENSITIVE to its context. A precise transformation of an idea on paper into an actual built form, with appropriate materials conducive to the native climate is the key to a good architectural practice. We truly believe that the most difficult thing to achieve in design is simplicity. We wish to offer our services to every strata of society, and aim to make a difference at the grass root level through our practice.

A quiet farm that has been tended to for 15 years by a couple of 60, growing mango, cashews, chickoo, jackfruit and palm trees, now houses a retirement home Vrindavan for the couple, designed by studio unTag. The 2.5 acre farm became a site to the 1000 sq.ft humble farmhouse, and as the mythological meaning of its name suggests, it is but a grove.

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