Symphony of Elements
Set within a green patch in Hosur, this farmhouse blends into its landscape while carrying a clear pink-chappadi stone identity — an eco-responsive home shaped by earth, water, wind, wood and stone.
- Location
- Hosur, Tamil Nadu
- Year
- 2020
- Typology
- Farmhouse
- Area
- 3,500 sq ft
- Status
- Completed
- Site
- One acre, Hosur farmland
- Rainwater
- 1,50,000 L harvesting
- Materials
- Pink chappadi, Kota, soil-cement, reclaimed wood
- Principal Architect
- Ar. Prathima Seethur
A solid pink chappadi stone facade defines the true scale of the house. Kota stone, earthy soil-cement blocks and reclaimed wood inside and out make the building not just eco-friendly but eco-responsive. A boomerang-shaped light-well sends shifting patterns across the interior all day.
The clients — humble, modest, well-travelled — asked for a country-styled ‘kuteer’ to sit alongside a working farm: courtyard, red-oxide seaters, tiled-roof verandahs, earthy walls, antique doors and windows, and every drop of rooftop rainwater harvested for the land.
What emerged is a symphony of five elements. Rooms open to the garden on every side, a roof aperture holds the sky, and stretched, non-orthogonal plans create pockets — courtyards, verandahs, framed views. A 1.5 lakh-litre rainwater tank keeps the garden green year-round.
Walls and roof bricks were fired from the site's own soil. Thick local stone insulates the south and west against heat; shaded openings pull cross breezes through; scale and volume alone keep the interior cool. Pergolas shade the verandahs and temper the incoming air.
