The
seven acres of land, marked
by trees, on the banks of
the Narmada, hypnotized any
visitor to stay on longer.
My
client required two small rooms with bathrooms and a place
to sleep up in the trees - a tree house for children.
Construction
was deemed low budgeted and
temporary. What note would I play here? What
song can be sung?
If architecture is frozen music, the composition I created
then, is JAZZ!
Contemporary in its concepts
of space, line and form, local materials
and technology were used - wood
and mud (lipan) canvas,
eucalyptus tree trunks, packing wood, aluminum
corrugated sheets, wire mesh
and paper all put together
to create a mood both country and soulful.
"The site by itself
said nothing to me A large plane of brown earth
and a stark sky above. There was not
a tree, not a bush, not a stir
A programme of 5000 sq.ft. had then to be focussed
inwards,
especially when the client did not wish
to indulge in large openings to the outside
(for the purposes of security)
The main actors for this script, it was
decided,
would be large planes of
brick walls and lots of sunlight
through different skylights
The drama that was then created seemed to
change its
climax by the hour, as
the sun shifted"
The project, still in progress, will see
completion in October 2000
