Banyan Tree House 

Project name: Banyan Tree

Builtup area:  2000 sqft

Site area:  15.5 cent

Location: Thrissur, Kerala

Typology: Residential

 

Located on a river bank in Mampully, Banyan tree house is intended for a young couple with two children. Plot constitutes an area of 630sqms and has an interesting L shaped site profile.

 

Spatial planning of the house follows the site profile and is anchored  around an existing banyan tree on the west of the site. A buffer radius of 11ft is kept around the banyan for building safety, this shaded area houses the garden seating.Floor plates of BTH branch out through the site in an angular grid to form a series of interaction spaces and green niches. Spaces are positioned to establish  visual connection between themselves  and landscape without compromising privacy.

 

 Three bedroom house is a single storey-ed structure with a Mezzanine floor and has a built-up area of 2000 sqft. Neighbourhood faces rising water levels during peak monsoons due to its close proximity to the river. So as a precaution built spaces are positioned on the highest point on the elevated site. This helped in creating a large sloping front yard, a buffer zone with fruit and flower bearing native vegetation to protect the house sound and dust from on road traffic.