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Resort at Panchalimedu / Srijit Srinivas Architects

• Curated by Hana Abdel
• Architects: Srijit Srinivas Architects
• Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1654 m²
• Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
• Photographs Photographs: Justin Sebastian
• Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:   cera
• Lead Architect: Srijit Srinivas
• Design Team:  Remya Raveendran, Sriya S., Deepika
• Text:  J. George
• City:  Idukki Township
• Country:  India

Resort At Panchalimedu -  The Resort is located in the hill station of Panchalimedu in Idukki district, with close proximity to the historically significant pond in which Panchali is believed to have bathed. The design had to overcome the challenges of steep terrains, budget constraints, and local climactic characteristics of strong winds & rainfalls. The design response was one of sensory richness emanating from tranquil spaces and an original architectural style of chic ethnic heritage but with all the trappings of modern living. The use of raised circulation paths to overcome the undulating terrain below makes the design very friendly to guests.

The design layout comprises 19 villas, the main block with a central lobby, conference room, restaurant, shop, swimming pool, spa, and other amenities including ample parking – all tightly configured in the limited 1.51 acres of steep hilly site. The buildings respond to the contoured topography of the site (being lowest at the entrance near the road and highest towards the rear) by being placed on stilts to veritably float over the site. It is remarkable that all this was achieved without cutting down even a single native tree from the site. The landscaping plan adopted weaved in luxuriant foliage and shrubbery and generously interspersed in green pockets, giving the resort a deep connection with the outdoors validating its context as a green resort.

Main Block - The main block is the first port of call for guests, and has a very inviting and generously appointed lobby, as well as a Business Centre, a restaurant, kitchen, retail outlet, and a swimming pool with a kid's pool. The spacious lobby is both inviting and intriguing with its high roof and internally accentuated with various purposefully located cut-outs framing enchanting views of rolling hills outside. The building sits above the parking yard with its own nature strip in front, facing the rising sun. The building is done in exposed brick and has large overhangs for deep shade and protection from driving rain. The building’s gabled roofs facilitate natural ventilation as well as introduce visual interest to the form of the sloping roof.

The Business Centre adjacent to the lobby offers facilities for remote work and is also designed and positioned to have great views of the distant hills. The functional circulation routes easily allow delivery of room services from the kitchen/restaurant to all units. The Restaurant has a seating capacity of 50 guests, with all seats having views to external vistas reflected over the pool beside, and an internal courtyard alive with foliage. The side facing the nearby hills is not glazed (but has a manually deployable feature in the event of driving rain). This arrangement purposefully blurs the division between the inside and outside and allows easy ingress of breeze along with the promises of the outdoors, as well as access to the nearby positioned barbeque and campfire pit. The fully equipped and spacious kitchen is set at a higher level in response to the slope of the land. The undercroft of the main block is functionally utilized for back-of-house facilities for the resort such as laundry, linen storage, and driver amenities. The main block has also living quarters for staff at the rear, as well as a convertible office room for the proprietors.

Villas - All 19 villas come with an external shaded verandah, dining room, living room kitchen, and an enclosed garden. Five of the villas have 2 bedrooms each while, the remaining 14 are single-bedroom villas. The bedrooms are ensuite, with a walk-in dress room. All rooms are designed to catch views of the misty hills in the distance, or of the onsite pool nearby. As noted earlier, raised walkways to float over the steep contours below and provide safe and easy access to all the villas. The provision of utilities across the site and to all the residential units was a technical challenge given the undulating lie of the land, but this was innovatively addressed through meticulous detailing and the use of bespoke engineering solutions.

Swimming Pool And Spa - The Swimming Pool is an overflow infinity pool and with vantage views to the surrounding hills, and has ample deck space all around as well as an adjacent wading pool for kids. The Spa is located at the front of the plot, with attendant ayurvedic treatment rooms deliberately positioned on stilts above the yard below, assuring privacy without also obstructing the prized views of the vistas beyond.

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Capella Ubud, Bali: World’s most Exotic Resort

Nested in the dense jungles of Ubud, Bali ; Capella is Architect Bill Bensley’s perfect tropical playground. Words cannot do justice to how surreal and phantasmagoric the Capella experience is. With multiple canvas tents and occasional artefacts; Bensley manages to blur the lines between surrealism , maximalism and the very organic reality. He masters the art of storytelling through architecture and interior design .

The Capella resort spans over nine acres of paddy fields and the Ubud rainforest. Planned to celebrate the tropical habitability with the Balinese flora and fauna, it focuses on sustaining 100% of the natural plantations and revolving the entire design organically across the jungle.

The Design Curation And Philosophy | Capella Ubud

The resort was to be designed for the famous industrialist Suwito Gunawan; whose idea was to build a hotel with 120 rooms. But then, Bill Bensley was brought into the picture with his statement, “ If we design a hotel for everyone, it will appeal to no one” with which the Flamboyant and extravagant Capella was built. 

Bill Bensley revived the story of the ship-wrecked Dutch immigrants in the forest from the 1800s with his boyhood recollection of a jungle camp. Unlike many hospitality projects, The Capella in Ubud focuses on highlighting the purpose and importance of the living experience rather than making a profit-making plan. This is the reason why it was adopted as a small but flavorful settlement with only 22 luxury tents; crafted to perfection.

Bensley and his team consciously kept “minimal intervention” in their minds to create the hotel while honouring the Balinese philosophy of “Tri Hita Karana” which translates to the 3 causes of well-being; pointing towards creating harmony with God, Nature and people.

When we talk about the design curation, we observe how; leaving the biome undisturbed must have posed a problem for the design team. To establish the planning and blocking of different tents in the retreat, the team created mockups using bamboo. This helped them in nesting the resort in the jungle’s lap without disturbing the ecology while providing the best possible views from every tent.

The Planning

Capella is like a fantastical narrative. We reach the property through a busy market on the outskirts of the rice paddies. We arrive at the main station after walking through the immensity of the tiered terrain. The walls of the ornate entryway are decorated with deer head sculptures festooned with sepia and bead garlands. The narrative of a jungle festival begins here when we encounter segregated public places such as the officer’s club lounge, the armoury, which is the gym, Api Jeeva, which is the restaurant , or the Cistern, which is the common pool. Many spaces across the resort are built as interactive zones.

 For instance, the campfire, the open-air cinema which showcases silent black and white movies, the poolside bar etc. We notice that the site planning is such that every tent, be it public or private, is provided with a magnificent view of the paddy fields, the forest or the Wos river.

Furthermore, every tent has an organically designed entrance and is themed to different stories. For instance, the carpenter’s tent, architect’s tent, voyager’s tent, horn collector’s tent, princess tent, java tent, cartographers tent etc. It is like every living unit has a personality of its own just like different settlers who camp in a jungle to share stories of their individual lives. 

The Mads Lange restaurant is another example of such design profiling which is named after a Danish explorer who was famously known as the white rajah of Bali. Blending into the terraced landscape , these canvas tents are highly functional, luxury rooms, which provide the guests with a splendid view of the Wos River, or a personal show of the Balinese dancing birds or even the magical tranquility of the Ubud rainforest.

The Maximalist Interiors

Working per his extravagant style, Bill Bensley leaves no stone unturned when it comes to embellishing every corner of every tent. He works with multitudes of materials to create a luxury experience with every element adding detail to his Capella story. Handcrafted ceramics, copper monkeys jumping and sitting on the roofs or by the salt pools, stone and glassworks, wooden detailing etc. create a sensory safari for the guests to enjoy.

Bensley also explores tactile materials, which pays homage to Balinese culture and history. Some subtle instances include the black and white checked fabric known as Saput Poleng, Batik and ikat design fabrics for wall ornamentation, retro-style red enamel tins, intricately carved mirrors, roll-up tent windows, indigenous puppets, multiple hand-painted artworks and extremely well-crafted wooden post beds, hand-beaten copper bathtubs, toilet seats designed as thrones, and so on.

The contrasting but very interesting colour scheme of the resort is indeed remarkable. Exteriors are focused on earthy neutral colours with greyish black canvas tents settling in the jungle. Whereas the interiors have blasting colours like blazing reds, yellows, greens and blues in upholstery as well as wall and roof suspensions.

Sustainable Features | Capella Ubud

The Capella resort, with all its luxuries and splendours, works equally hard on making it a sustainable settlement. They incur produce from local farms, have their sewage treatment plants and even have self-sustaining waste management systems. The resort is extremely focused on ecological conservation and has tents with wooden decks focused on minimizing footprint. They even have home brewed and barrel-aged alcohol that is produced in house!

Capella Ubud has managed to set a benchmark in the design industry by becoming a unique yet beautifully crafted experience. It has won multiple design awards and has become nothing less than a well-thought phenomenon. Bill Bensley’s brainchild has given the world a man-made, intentionally hidden gem.

Ayushi is an architect with a sensitivity towards global architecture and its cultural importance. She is also an exemplary artist which in turn helps her in capturing the essence of creative and colourful endeavours across the world.A keen interest in writing, researching and curating has led her to venture into the field of Architectural Journalism.

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Gir Vihar - Eco Resort: d6thD Design Studio built triangular cottages among old mango trees in India

On the edge of Gir lion sanctuary, lies the Gir Vihar - home to 20 cottages; designed by village-based architect Himanshu Patel from “d6thD” design studio with overt principle of vernacular architecture in mind.

Design Philosophy:

The concern for climate as well as economic and cultural sustainability has been looked to incorporate into design without which sustainability may not work in the Indian context. Rather spending millions on the best technology to create the greenest of green building when very few Indians can associate with them and even fewer can afford, architect have come up with simple, established and honest practice offered by vernacular architecture.

The old construction techniques like rubble stone packed foundation, load bearing walls, arches, dome and pitched roofs have been used. Locally available materials like sand stones, bricks and terracotta tiles are not only serve to be economical but also attempt to someday instill a feeling of pride and belongingness among the visitors.

Design Explanation Text:

The site was actually mango farm having trees at 30 feet interval in grid. Considering the huge foliage of mango trees, it was very challenging to build cottages without chopping out the trees and this constraint of the site became the source of creativity and ingenuity. Architect came up with the triangular shaped cottages which took the place around mango trees effortlessly and beautifies the scheme. Also looking at an earthquake prone zone of the site location, using stable triangular form is wiser choice especially when the entire structure is built with load bearing walls out of locally found sand stone in order to minimize the use of cement concrete.

As one enters the site, one is welcomed with a distant eye pleasing view of various plays of geometries and volumes but ambiguity and uncertainty hold one’s hand until one walks to a more distinguished reception area which is covered with dome and vibrantly glows with the rays of light from the skylight above.

All cottages are north south oriented in order to take in the diffused north light in balconies from where the couple spends most of time enjoying the panoramic view of adjoined forest. What acts as a foyer space for the ground floor turns to be the balcony for upper floor when the triangles are stacked systematically. A certain flavor of awe and possibility takes birth when one views the vastness of life from the converging triangular balconies. Moreover, L shaped staircases leading to the upper floors add play and offers various perspectives to enjoy the beauty of solid stone mass created due to bathroom walls in south.

Centrally placed restaurant block on the site is designed to be the most flexible and comfortable to all. The central spiral stone pillar supporting the hexagonal roof acts as a pivot for the entire site wherein all activities smoothly flow around the block. The large brick arches of the dining hall interestingly frame the scenes of the exteriors and the extended outdoor seating sensitively blurs the boundaries of open and built.

Surroundings-

The free-flowing spaces and the uninterrupted movements all minutely add up to create a drama wherein visitors’ inquisitiveness urges them to experience something unique and unexplored step by step.

The undisturbed, uncut mango trees proudly stand between the buildings which become an inseparable and important part of the architectural vocabulary. Inbuilt sit outs from sand stone below mango tree allow for an intimate interface with the outdoors where you actually wouldn’t need a book.

Stone walls using locally available sand stone in its naked form gives the entire resort a very natural feel. Clay roofing tile and exposed stone surfaces will gradually get covered with radiant moss; nature will fight its way back. Living in a forest is all about witnessing this war.

When such simplicity and human craftsmanship is given the highest value, it is then that the architect’s idea of design comes to life and a resort like Gir Vihar starts to blossom to its ultimate potential.

By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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Nustar Casino & Resort An Icon on the Horizon

Cebu, Philippines

The Challenge

To design a momentous resort and casino on Cebu Island in the Philippines that provides world-class service, accommodations and amenities to guests from around the world, all while providing a boost to the local economy.

The Design Solution

Evoking the rich history of Cebu’s port city, the design references naval wayfinding by serving as a landmark on the horizon. Due to its size and context, access and viewpoints were a key design driver for the project. Hotel towers are positioned to maximize the spectacular ocean views while maintaining the optimal orientation to mitigate solar heat gain. A bold rooftop restaurant crowns the five-star plus hotel tower and is designed with principles of fengshui. This upscale bar and restaurant at the development’s pinnacle provides views of the ocean and the Cebu skyline to guests, creating a new visual destination. Access needed to be organized and split based on the complexity of programming within the development, with six public vehicular drop-offs and eight pedestrian entrances on-grade. Also included are five service docks and two bus terminals in the basement.

The Design Impact

Situated on a stunning site with ocean frontage, this new masterplan will create a high-end integrated resort and waterfront destination point. The project is set for completion in 2020 and will create 5,000 jobs that will help improve the island’s tourism industry. As the island’s tallest development and prominently sited on the coast, this project serves as a focal point for the 300-hectare reclamation by South Road Properties on Cebu island.

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This resort in Maharashtra is an oasis of wellbeing and beautiful design

By Kunal Bhatia and Shuvajit Payne

Photography by Hemant Patil

Rolling green fields, herds of cattle, a background of majestic hills and the distant waters of a placid lake—the sight that greets us as we pull off the Nashik highway is a respite for sore urban eyes. We are in the vicinity of Beze, a hamlet close to the spiritual town of Trimbak and just a few hours away from Mumbai. Here in the midst of a historic land blessed with nature’s bounties lies Viveda, a wellness retreat that brings together humble architecture and holistic healing practices.

Wellness Meets Luxury

“We wanted to create a destination that would be welcoming to all those seeking healthier alternatives within their contemporary lifestyle,” shares Tejas Chavan, founder of Viveda. “At the same time, we also did not want to alienate those who might be intimidated simply by the thought of regimented schedules, rigid diets or spartan surroundings,” he adds. This vision translated into a retreat that offers all modern luxuries and amenities, while gently nudging guests towards the path of wellness.

Nashik-based architects Ajay Sonar and Monali Patil, principals at the firm a for architecture, carried forward this thought into the resort’s built form. They envisioned structures that would be inspired by the geographical context, employ locally available materials and historic methods of building to create spaces that would prompt guests to introspect and discover a sense of tranquillity for themselves.

The Architectural Core

At the heart of the resort lies a stout amenity block that guests navigate and engage with multiple times each day. From the reception area, we meander through the landscape and come head on to a dead-wall that forms the rather unexpected first entry point into this block.

From here, a curved passage on either side leads us inside and marks the beginning of a sensory architectural experience. Daylight is left behind in this darkened space and we don’t quite know what to expect till we traverse a quarter circle. On the other side, we find ourselves under the shade of a pergola beside Viveda’s stunning stepped pool.

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The design of the pool is based on the structure of traditional kunds or small tanks found in the region

Meticulously built in basalt—a material that stretches as far as our eyes can see—the pool is undoubtedly inspired by the kunds (reservoir or tank) found in the region. Changing rooms are cleverly incorporated within the monolithic architecture as are niches and benches, inviting one to pause and reflect by the waterbody. On the other side of the pool rises an amphitheatre, also built in the same stone, and this culminates at a terraced restaurant where wholesome sattvic food is served to guests.

Of Local Materials and Traditional Skills

The predominant use of basalt is intentional and not without reason. The stone is native to the area and was hand-chiselled from quarries within a distance of 50km. Moreover, certain local communities like the wadaris are expert stone masons, having worked with the material for generations. “We not only wanted the architecture to be reflective of the typologies found in this part of the state, but also wanted the buildings to be built by the people of the region using their inherent skills and knowledge,” explains Sonar.

Basalt is the dominant material at Viveda

Basalt has thus been used for load-bearing walls (which form a majority of the structure) as well as for cladding the courtyards, the pool, the many stepped areas, and parts of the landscape. Some of the tapering load-bearing walls are as thick as one metre at their base and were also infilled with residual basalt chips. This minimised debris created on site and also provides thermal insulation to the buildings, keeping the internal temperature a few degrees cooler even during the harsh summers.

The Healing Spaces

You might wonder what lies beyond the second curved passage at the entry to the amenity block. We did too and on retracing our steps were led into a courtyard surrounded by massage rooms. Each of these rooms have their own private internal courts bringing a bit of nature indoors. Further, a winding passage in between high basalt walls—reminiscent of pathways within a fort—brings us to the other end of the amenity block.

The naturopathy rooms are tucked away by a waterbody and connected by a staircase of basalt stone

Here, the scale is decidedly more domestic and, indeed, it takes after the traditional wada reveals Sonar later. Clustered around a waterbody and accessed by an intimate staircase are two levels of naturopathy rooms. There is water and basalt here too, but the experience is dramatically different from the more public pool and restaurant areas at the other end of the amenity block.

The meditation hall features a basalt structure with a ferrocrete dome. Photo courtesy: Kunal Bhatia

And finally, at the very centre of the block cradled between the arms of the curved passages lies Viveda’s meditation hall, a circular space with basalt walls and a ferrocrete dome. The hall is topped by an ocular skylight that brings in sunshine and creates a sense of serenity during the daily yoga sessions that are held here.

The Resting Spaces

Wander out from either end of the amenity block and one comes across four elliptical clusters each with four guest rooms. The design intentionally breaks away from any formal axis and guests can find their way to the centre of each cluster via myriad paths. Here, a central square court forms an interactive social space, encouraging a word or two between neighbours before they retreat into the privacy of their rooms.

Each guest room opens out into a private garden. Photo courtesy: Viveda

The rooms are built with a wooden post and beam structure in local haldu wood. Topping these are sloping roofs covered in clay tiles that were handmade by local potters from the Kumbhar community. IPS flooring adds a rustic charm to the well-appointed rooms and broad sliding windows open out to the attached private garden.

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A central court connects each cluster of guest rooms

Basalt again makes its presence felt here with external peripheral walls wrapping around the garden to not only provide privacy but also, intentionally, cut off any views except for the sky. At Viveda, as the first step to wellness, even the architecture does indeed prod us to look within ourselves and contemplate.

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Bardessono Eco Resort: Case Study

Bardessono Eco Resort is a 62-room boutique luxury inn and spa nestled on a 4.9-acre site in Yountville, California in the heart of Napa Valley. It is one of the LEED Platinum-certified buildings in the U.S. The hotel features 940 solar panels that provide approximately one-half of the total electrical energy requirement of the property.

LOCATION: Yountville, Napa Valley in California Site area: 4.9-acre Builtup area: 1.5-acre Architect: WATG

Civil Engineer:  Bartelt Engineering MEP Engineer:  Ecotope Structural Engineer:  I.L. Landscape:  George W. Girvin Associates Inc. GrossConsultants:  O’Brien & Company ,   Powell Padham Martin-Vegue

Connectivity : San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 1.5hrs/67 miles Oakland International Airport (OAK) 1.5hr/60 miles Sacramento International Airport (SMF) 1.5 hr/73miles

Site Surrounding Info: Climate: Napa Valley has a dry Mediterranean climate Temperature: 3 to 33C Rainfall: 27.3 in (less Rainfall)

Lucy Restaurant & Bar, located at the LEED Platinum-certified Bardessono hotel in the heart of Yountville, is an approachable fine-dining restaurant known for its modern aesthetic and garden-inspired “field-to-fork” fare.

Bardesoono Eco Resort Site Plan

Bardesoono site has three entries one main and the rests two are for the Lucy Restaurant & Bar and the spa block.

All the hotel blocks have there unique landscaping in their courtyards. This gives the guests a different view and feels in all the blocks.

Bardesoono Eco Resort Floor Plans

On the ground floor, the main block is the restaurant block, in this, the toilets are placed in the center, and behind them are the kitchen and the service rooms. Along with the site, the boundary is the electrical service area for the transformer.

On this we can see that every main room has an open area attached to it like a ballroom has an event patio, the lounge has a lounge patio, Main dining has a patio for open dining seating. Event the private dining has a private patio.

They have given a feel of nature in every corner of the resort.

On the first floor, only the yellow parts are the rest of the rooms all the area is the roof which is covered with solar panels.

The rooftop of the SPA is a rooftop deck with dining. This rooftop deck gives a view of Napa Valley. Besides the SPA’s this rooftop swimming pool is another activity that a guest can enjoy in Bardesoono.

The scale of the building is not raised so that views of the mountains are not blocked.

Bardesoono Eco Resort Accomodation Plans

Bardesoono provides 3 types of rooms and in a villa which is further divided into 3 types. The specialty of these rooms is that they all have a private courtyard to enjoy the view and feel nature.

Let’s talk about the rooms,

SPA Suite: It is divided into two types King and King Queen. The only difference is the additional queen bed in the king queen suite. They have a gas fireplace, massage table luxurious bathroom with a private courtyard.

Steam SPA Suite: In addition to SPA Suite it has an outdoor shower attached to the private courtyard. This provides an extra attachment to nature and gives a chance to enjoy the summers outside the rooms in nature.

Tufa Suite: This suite is larger than the rest two rooms with a luxurious living area and a larger private courtyard. There are 6 Tufa rooms throughout the whole resort.

The Villas are made such that they can be used by a single-family or can be given to three different families at the same time. They are divided into Flinth Suite, Quartole Suite, Jaspe Suite.

All three have their private courtyard and the SPA. They also have private parking. The rooms are luxurious and have living, dining, and a fireplace too.

The rooms have large windows to get the most of the natural light and proper shading is prevent it from heating during the summers.

Bardessono Eco Resort: Building Material

• It is one of the few LEED Platinum-certified resorts in the United States.
• Wood and recycled steel were used to build it.
• Salvaged wood on the siding of the exterior walls and other areas inside the property.
• Recycled steel was also used on the building’s façade in the form of rusted steel panels.
• Existing limestone from a former wine cellar was reused to create large sections of the building’s exterior.
• To encourage guests to enjoy the region’s temperate climate, the ground-level guestrooms have private courtyards that feature outdoor showers and tubs.
• All guestrooms include large dual-pane glass windows which are designed to take advantage of natural light while controlling glare and yielding warmth during the colder seasons.

Bardessono Eco Resort: Sustainable Elements

• Many of the property’s landscaped features are made from rammed earth to celebrate the local soils.
• 100-year-old olive trees and other drought-resistant landscaping
• Eighty-two 300-foot-deep geothermal wells to heat and cool guestrooms and provide hot water,
• Automatically-controlled Venetian blinds to let in the sun early in the day and out later in the day
• Motion-detected electricity in guestrooms
• Dual-flush toilets and reuse and treatment of gray and black water for irrigation through Yountville’s water system.
• 940 solar panels t hat provide approximately one-half of the total electrical energy requirement of the property.
• Bardessono offers carbon fiber bicycles and on-site producing gardens . The eco-boutique hotel’s restaurant emphasizes local, farm-fresh ingredients.

Bardessono Eco Resort: Features

• To ensure the Bardessono Eco Resort upscale vision would fit within the context of Yountville’s charming small-town feel.
• The design approach focused on reducing the project scale with no buildings exceeding two levels.
• Buildings were designed with flat roofs to minimize blocking views of the surrounding hills and thoughtfully connected by courtyards, each with their own unique design concept.
• As guests travel throughout the property, they can encounter various landscape features and sculptures encouraging them to connect with their natural environment and retreat into a space that does the same.
• Bardessono’s rooftop pool offers loungers and diners spectacular views of Napa.

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inspiral architects combines bamboo + rammed earth for ulaman eco retreat in bali

located in bali’ s kaba-kaba village, ‘ulaman eco retreat resort’ by inspiral architecture and design is built using materials found directly on the site and the immediate locality. rammed earth is used for the resort ‘s ground level walls, while the rest of the structure has been made with bamboo , much of which was harvested from the site. its guest villas, each of which complete with its own private pool, are topped with curvilinear roofs that can be admired from different heights and angles.

the resort’s curved, ground level walls are built with rammed earth, connecting guests to the beauty of the material, its physicality and layered coloring. ‘being very intensive to build, we were able to recruit the nearby village to work on what has become the most substantial rammed earth project in indonesia,’ explains the balinese architectural collective. the rest of the construction has been made with bamboo, much of which was harvested from the site.

bamboo has been chosen not only because of its sustainable qualities but also for its flexibility, which allowed the architects to create ‘spaces that echo the abundance of life in the tropics.’ built objects seem to biologically morph from the surrounding elements, as if naturally growing from the ground and sprouting among the rich vegetation. among the resort’s facilities is a yoga studio, which literally floats from the cliff’s edge with a cantilevered structure supporting a parabolic bamboo pavilion.

project info:

name: ulaman eco retreat resort

architect: inspiral architecture and design studios

location: kaba kaba, bali

site area: 7500 sqm

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The word Pallak in Malayalam means Palanquin, a covered litter carried by an even number of bearers. Team Uru’s (Uru Consulting is a design and project management consulting firm based in Calicut, Kerala) journey with their project “Pallak” started where the youngest son of a family in Kottakkal, Kerala, got a 2 acres plot along with the ancestral house in his name after partition.

As he approached Team Uru, the client’s lack of interest in living in a 12000 square feet house of antiquity was inter-twined with the nuclear family’s perception of an urban lifestyle.  Nevertheless, he did not want to let go of the property. The conundrum was to be solved by a wonderful idea: Considering the value of medical tourism in Kottakkal, a place renowned for its Ayurvedic heritage, transform the property into an Ayurvedic resort. Thus, with a stringent budget, the project was to be materialized in two phases: 1 acre for each phase.

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A “Nalukettu”: Home to Hospitality

During the first phase, it was decided to work on the adaptive reuse of the house, and transforming the 1 acre plot around it into a recreational space. One thing the client was particular about was being able to give the customers the true essence of Kerala. Team Uru envisioned the transformation of the plot and the traditional “Naalukettu” Kerala house, chiefly keeping in mind the foreign customers who found a sanctuary in the calming greenery and rich heritage of Kerala. The idea of an amphitheatre came in order to give the customers an experience of the visual and aural marvel of Kerala’s unique art forms like Kathakali.

The multipurpose amphitheater was intended not only to thrill the visitors with enthralling performances of Kerala art forms but also to calm them with Yoga training. The treatment area and related amenities were conceived inside the “Nalukettu”. 

It was an arduous process turning the traditional house that basked in its antiquity and rooms that did not welcome even light in, into a hospitable space for patients and other guests. Safder (Principal Designer, Uru) talks about the challenges and how Team Uru tackled them working on the interior of the “Nalukettu”.

“One of the main constraints was the narrow rooms without either proper ventilation or bathrooms. We provided attached bathrooms for every room. When we found defects in the timber structure, we solved them by using girders. With the advanced technology of waterproofing, the dampness issue was covered. Sometimes, we also merged two adjacent rooms to make a spacious and well-lighted room.

Small doors and steps also were challenges considering the function of the Ayurvedic treatment. Ramps were created in order to make the movement of wheelchairs possible. During the renovation and landscaping, we were specific about keeping the contours unchanged and gave pathways of laterite stones connecting different levels. The amphitheater is the only exception where we enabled steps as part of the design.”

Even the unused, eerie attic was worked out into a fairy-tale-like space by giving it proper access through stairs. The plumbing was another hard work that found fulfillment and so was replacing all the interlock tiles with laterite ones with the only exception of tandoor stones as stepping stones. One can sense how Team Uru envisaged Pallak as a home to hospitality.

Villas: Mirroring the Earthen Past

Kerala’s traditional architecture is a blend of Dravidian and Vedic structures, greatly influenced by its maritime partners- Chinese, Arabs, Europeans. It is deeply rooted in the elements of earth. The villas constructed in the plot, outside the treatment area mirrors this ancient structure of the ancestral house. The walls of laterite stones with unplastered, exposed finish, the clay tiles of terracotta from Chalakkudy for the floors and roofs, and a colour palette that embodies rusticity and earthiness, have contributed a great deal in mirroring the poetic beauty and the earthen past of Kerala Architecture.

Landscaping: A Faunal Narrative

As Team Uru visited the plot for the first time, the area was covered with only some coconut trees. Ever-committed to their green initiatives, Team Uru changed Pallak’s faunal narrative into a green lush of tropical plants and trees, especially the ones with medicinal qualities according to Ayurveda. It is also carefully landscaped in such a way that it requires less maintenance.

Phase II: Pallak’s Journey Continues

One thing Pallak can boast of is its budget-friendliness. In terms of opulence, it has completely done away with luxurious embellishments. Team Uru has maintained the place just as it used to be, old ancestral home and its orchard, with quite an unassuming air, while still making it functional and recreational in so many ways. They are currently working on the second phase of the project, in which a restaurant is included. Pallak’s journey continues. What else can offer a more royal journey than a Palanquin?

Architecture Firm:  Uru Consulting

Project Type:  Adaptive Reuse – Heritage Resort

Project Name:  Pallak Heritage Resort

Location: Kottakkal, Malappuram

Year built: 2020

Size: sq feet : 20000

Principal Designer:  Safder Machilakath

Photograph courtesy:   Prasath Mohan ( Running studio)

Website:   http://uruconsulting.in/

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/uruconsulting

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/uruconsulting/

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