Gomati, 2016
Gomati is a second home in Malavli, Maharashtra, named lovingly in the memory of the client’s mother. The home has a rather peculiar story. We were commissioned to demolish an existing structure, and build a new home on the same site.
The intention was to deliver a vessel for the family to live a life under the skies, a place to enjoy the rain, wet breezes, encounter rare bugs, a place to grab the dew laden cool grass between their toes. An in depth study prompted us to reimagine the idea of occupying the site. We chose to retain and recycle the debris of the demolished building as a mound.
Photographs: PHX India