Amidst the luscious, native, evergreen coconut plantation lies the site for a private residence in the outskirts of Bengaluru. The 60ftx95ft elongated site demands the design to revolve around the natural elements rather than maneuvering nature itself. Additionally, two road approaches one on the east end and the other from the west created front and back access points inevitably. Therefore the design was approached keeping two exposed facades in mind and to retain the relationship between the built and the un-built.

The site is split up in a permeable way with alternate green and the built. The positions of the coconut trees acts as 3 axes across the north- south orientation resulting into four bays. The first bay comprises with the front lawn and swimming pool set out parallel to one of the roads from the east end on the lower floor and an open terrace on the upper floor, giving the site a greater feeling of openness. Further dividing the built into functional private and public spaces. The second bay is used as pubic with the lower floor consisting of living, dining kitchen. The recreational space on both lower and upper floors. The Third bay acts as a private area for all the bedrooms on both the floors. The fourth bay lying on the western part of the site acts as semi private space with parking, lawn and a water body on the lower and balconies for the bedrooms on the upper. Which acts as the perfect transition between public and private horizontally and vertically. This arrangement opens up new possibilities, such as creating a large terrace area as the top most floor.

The subtlety of design was showcased in the overall two façades of basic geometric blocks of the built with pockets of unbuilt connecting the vegetation as well as the east-west sun rays. The material suggestion is to make the house integrate into the environment and complement the overall landscape. Hoping all these elements combined creates the residence as a one of its own sanctum.