BUILDING DREAM HOMES

For the past five years all i used to think was...am i ever gonna be able to build something.
and here i am....after a year of complete hard work and a lot of mallu chitchat, i can say i have built somebody their dream home.

At first, it was once a month visit to the site for which i had to travel all the way to Ottapalam, (which by the way is a very beautiful place.) and the best part, all expenses paid by the client(oh,how i lived a life of an architect)
my first project
the challenge was the site, it was sloping backwards, with a very weird geometry.
usually houses in Kerala are built on a rectangular plot as its considered uttamam( means perfect)
there are certain old techniques of making a perfect vastu proof house, which were completely ridiculous at least for me, but the client wants what the client wants, so my hands were tied. but turns out i did squeeze in my ideas and was able to convince the client.
i proposed an idea of nalukettu( four side construction with a central courtyard)
since the site was not a proper rectangle the typical nalukettu was not possible. we extracted the idea of central courtyard and planned it out in such way that when one enters the house the courtyard seems to be  in center.
the planning was such that the rooms were pulled in step fashion backward to utilize space and provide usable spaces keeping in mind the vastushastram.
all the ornamentation was chosen wisely keeping in mind the concept and the overall outlook.
i had the experience of going to the site. supervising stuff, and being angry at the contractor.

but, nothing beats the fact that the client loved it.
the house warming happened on 22nd of march, there were loads of guests and relatives streaming in to criticize the house.
all the ceremonies went well..each and every guest was jealous,in India if the guests are jealous, it means they loved the house ;)
everybody wanted to talk to the architect...it was heaven...

hoping to get more projects and achieving new goals..

for more photos of the project visit my fb page " The Graphics Studio"

p.s   hope everybody is not bored with all architecture talk