#thelocalcrew

Located within a two-acre mango orchard in Babariya village, adjoining Gir National Park in Gujarat, India, Parallel Territories by The Local Crew explores how architecture can occupy an ecologically sensitive landscape without interrupting its existing patterns of use. Wildlife regularly crosses the property towards a water source also used by local cattle herders. Rather than redirecting these movements, the project treats their continuity as a fundamental design constraint, establishing separate but visually connected territories for people and wildlife. Karan Gajjar/ The Space Tracing Company   Building above the landscape The 6,500-square-foot building, accompanied by a 1,000-square-foot swimming pool, is elevated above th... More