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The s tone, beneath the sky, s tood cold - Between the runes, a vapour s t ro l led,
A c loak of f leecy fog consoled.. .
The Quest , Terry O’ Leary
g o m a t i2 0 1 6
Malavl i
Gomat i i s a second home in Malavl i , Maharashtra, named lov ingly in the memory of the c l ient ’s mother. The home has a rather pecul iar s tory. We were commiss ioned to demol ish an ex is t ing s t ructure, and bui ld a new home on the same s i te.
The in tent ion was to del iver a vessel for the fami ly to l ive a l i fe under the sk ies, a place to enjoy the rain, wet breezes, encounter rare bugs, a place to grab the dew laden cool grass between thei r toes. An in depth s tudy prompt-ed us to re imagine the idea of occupying the s i te. We chose to re tain and recycle the debr is of the demol ished bui ld ing as a mound.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN1.Entrance2.Bedroom3.Toi le t4.Ki tchen5.Powder Loo6.Family Room7.Changing Room8.Steam9.Fi l terat ion Room10.Guard Room11.Staf f Room ( female)12.Staf f Room (male)13.Gardener ’s Room
The s leeping spaces form an in t rover ted assembly around ex is t ing t rees on the ground level where one descends in to the coolness and comfor t of the ear th.
The main pavi l ion-esque l iv ing space on the upper level faces North, over looking the mature t rees which s tand on the s i te.
The house has been imagined in blue-grey Kotah - an Indian s tone which forms the main substance of the express ion. The naturalness, monol i th ic qual i ty, cost , avai labi l i t y in di f ferent formats and wear-worth iness of the s tone led to i t s choice as the best defence agains t the harsh humidi ty and f ierce rain that af fects th is region. Kotah s tone is used in several forms - f rom f ine chips, to s t r ips, to s labs, to sol id cove cut sk i r t ing.
The pool s i t s at the upper level terrace. I t seems to r ise out of the mound and out towards the fo l iage.
G o m a t i
Locat ion
Project Team
Project Archi tect
P lot Area
Bui l t-up Area
General Contractor
St ructural Engineer
MEP
Landscape
Elect r icals
Window Suppl ier
Swimming Pool Agency
Photo Credi ts
- Malavl i , Maharashtra, India
- Sangeeta Merchant, Sagar Mehta, Divyesh Kargathra, Mansoor Kudalkar Sanjeev Panjabi
- Sagar Mehta, Divyesh Kargathra
- 40,000 sq feet
- 10,500 sq feet
- Delux Construct ion Corporat ion
- GMR Consul tants
- MEP Consul t ing Engineers
- Profess ional Landscape Designs
- G. Mody and Sons
- Vi t rum Sys tems LLP
- Samunder Pool Equipments
- Photographix - Sebast ian Zachar iah, I ra Gosal ia - Al lan Fernandez