Parikrama House

PARIKRAMA HOUSE

Approached by a friend who represents a Minimal-window producer from Portugal, called
PANORAMAH. We, were given the task of developing a sort of case study home, in the Murud
region amidst a coconut grove.

The windows being super high-tech and modern in their presence were meant to disappear
against the verdant view.

The plan evolved like a two headed worm, with the sleeping spaces in series and the higher main
living and dining spaces flanking opposite ends of the series. The idea being, the tracing of a
PARIKRAMA, a circum-ambulatory path, while moving from spaces, always in contact with the
outside.

The entire construction was planned in TILT- UP STONE slabs, hence allowing the minimal windows
into cavity walls, Granite 40 millimeters. Thick was the material of choice. STONE, has a sense of time
built into it, like the GRANDFATHER of building materials. It is also a highly sustainable material to
build with due to the least number of processes on it, from quarry to site.
Conceived as a super modern yet ancient vessel this construct, is a simple assemblage of giant
panels of glass against huge Stone slabs.

A Primitive sense of dwelling pervades, as the day turns into a starry night sky and the light pours out
of the glass making the stone invisible, A REVERSAL of what one perceives in the day….

Once all else decays the Stones will still stand…..