pavilion living

SPASM was commissioned to demolish an existing structure, which was deemed structurally unfit for occupation, and build a new home on the same site. Many radical strategies were adopted retaining and recycling the debris of the demolished building as a mound. Located in Malvali India, the sleeping spaces form an introverted assembly around existing trees on the ground level, where one descends into the coolness and comfort of the earth.

The main pavilion-esque living space on the upper faces the north, overlooking the garden. The pool sits at the upper level terrace and seems to rise out of the mound.
The house has been imagined in Blue Gray Kotah, an Indian stone which forms the main substance of the home. The naturalness, monolithic quality, cost, availability in different formats, and wear-worthiness of the stone led to its choice as the best defense against the harsh humidity and fierce rain that affects this region.