May 20, 2025
Courtyard House, Surat, Gujarat, India,
Courtesy: D'Well,
photographer: Ishita Sitwala
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Courtyard House, Surat, Gujarat, India,
Courtesy: D'Well,
photographer: Ishita Sitwala
Completed in 2022 in Surat, India. Images by The Space Tracing Company. “Something different, yet simple” is a common client demand when an architect is approached for designing a house. Bull’s eye is what “Frammed Earth...
“ The idea of incorporating earthy materials stemmed from the culturally rooted lifestyle of the inhabitants. The second-floor master bedroom has been placed on the southwest as a cantilevered cube with its walls built with rammed earth. The 14” rammed earth walls facing the afternoon sun provided natural insulation to maintain the temperature and give a dominantly cool atmosphere to the room. This also creates a beautiful contrast with the stone granule texture with which the rest of the building has been finished. Further, the architectural appeal has been aesthetically enhanced by creating an elevation frame around the jutting cube making it the cynosure of the “Frammed” earth house”