{"id":3088,"date":"2024-12-07T06:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T06:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2024-12-14T06:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T06:08:48","slug":"treehugger-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/treehugger-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Treehugger House, Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Treehugger House, Bengaluru<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Typology :<\/strong> Residential architecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location :<\/strong> Sarjapur road, Bangalore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name of Client :<\/strong> P.V.Varghese, Bengaluru<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principal Architect :<\/strong> Chandrakant.S.Kanthigavi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team :<\/strong> Rohit Baligidad, Madhusudhan, Veema Haridas, Bhagyashri, Nimisha Varghese, Anagha K<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built-Up Area (sq ft & sq m) :<\/strong>  3498 sq.ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Cost : <\/strong>1.2 Crores( Rs. 3430 per sq.ft)      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Completion Date : <\/strong>2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photograpers : <\/strong>Gokul Rao Kadam, Ravi S Kanthigavi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Single residence in a 40\u2019-0\u201d X 60\u2019-0\u201d plot evolved from a rigorous inquiry into the particulars of location and program. Our client, Mr. P.V.Varghese, is a valued partner, in our collaborative design process. As a response to his design brief, we came up with idea of \u201cTree hugger House\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an architect, one needs to design a built environment, rather than just being a shelter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the understanding of our clients background (from Kerala-God\u2019s own country), priorities, values and inspirations, likes and dislikes we got to know our challenges. First one was to create a contemporary residence with Values of Kerala architecture and interior spaces that would resonate with the client\u2019s personality.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONCEPT:  TREE HUGGER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Client, is close to nature, and wanted his dream house with a close connection to nature as it reminded him of his home and childhood. So he asked us to \u201cdesign a House around a Tree.\u201d Our challenge was to achieve the same ambience in an urban scenario. The large footprint of a traditional kerala home and its virtues had to be imbibed in a smaller urban footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept was conceived as an abstraction of the traditional \u201cNadumuttam (central courtyard) concept\u201d in most of the houses in Kerala, wherein the homes are composed around a focal landscape feature usually a Tulsi plant. As a response to his design brief, we came up with idea of a \u2018house that embraces trees\u2019 we call it a \u2018\u2019Tree hugger, a contemporary urban residence with values of Kerala Architecture.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Materials of Construction :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structure :<\/strong> Framed RCC structure and Solid Concrete block walls as in-fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fenestrations :<\/strong> Wooden Doors and UPVC windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The \u201cVertical Drops\u201d on the facades (acts as screen ) from neighbours, made of Aluminium boxes and plastered over MS mesh.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sika Crack resistance Material used for exteriors to get smooth finish.
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  3. Interiors: FSC Certified Teak wood was used for doors and windows, wooden steps, wooden flooring and for little furniture.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Drawings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Tree Hugger is a Kerala-inspired urban home designed around a tree, blending tradition and nature. It features an RCC frame, vertical facade screens, Sika-treated exteriors, and FSC-certified teak interiors for a sustainable, contemporary design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[39,52,45,28],"class_list":["post-3088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interior","category-residential","tag-archdaily","tag-architects-in-bengaluru","tag-projects","tag-residential"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3731,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions\/3731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sitearchitects.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}