Now, I understand my previous post might have been a little confusing and immensely vague. Not long ago, all of us in the office have been working on this really unconventional project which was simply called Banarhalli, after the name of the place it is located in. While brainstorming on the interior options of the Living quarters of our two unique clients Sai came up with this interesting term, Deconstructive Utopia. And that inspired me to start a series on something I have been very keen to write about. The Banarhalli farm!
When one thinks about it, the whole project is utopian in concept, man and nature living together in a certain harmony. But when we talk about the deconstructive part does this whole project really gets interesting.
When one thinks about it, the whole project is utopian in concept, man and nature living together in a certain harmony. But when we talk about the deconstructive part does this whole project really gets interesting.
As most of you might know, Deconstructivism is a postmodern architectural movement which appeared around 1980s. It gives the impression of fragmentation of buildings. It often manipulates the structure’s surface skin and creates non rectilinear and distorted shapes. However instead of manipulating the outer surface we took the idea of deconstructing a little further and applied it in our space planning.
I feel there is a general norm of constructing a house between four walls and a roof. We broke the different functions in this project and spilled it all over the site. Hence the hierarchy of spaces is distributed all over the site.
The clients are dog lovers and have rescued several dogs. Hence they wanted proper kennels for their children. The dog kennels and the office is the public space, however I feel public would not be an appropriate word for it so maybe semi-public spaces.
There is a huge kitchen clubbed with dining, utility and storage. Which would be the semi-private spaces.
And the living quarters or as we call it Private Suites which is a strictly private.
While working on this phenomenal project we kept in mind the positively eccentric nature of it and the amazing utopian feeling. It is not often when someone decides to embrace the rural for themselves. But I believe the ones who do must be the happiest.
There is a huge kitchen clubbed with dining, utility and storage. Which would be the semi-private spaces.
And the living quarters or as we call it Private Suites which is a strictly private.
While working on this phenomenal project we kept in mind the positively eccentric nature of it and the amazing utopian feeling. It is not often when someone decides to embrace the rural for themselves. But I believe the ones who do must be the happiest.
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| Banarhalli Ground Floor Plan |
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