There is a particular kind of tragedy reserved for buildings: the tragedy of being merely fine.
Such was the case for one bungalow in Karnataka's Kundapura—a perfectly serviceable modern shell, going up brick by brick, minding its own business, until its owners took one look and decided that 'fine' simply would not do.
What they wanted, with the steady resolve of people who know exactly who they are, was a house that remembered where it came from.
The brief was less a mood board than a manifesto: no glass-box anonymity, no borrowed aesthetics from somewhere else entirely.
Out Of The “Box”
There is a particular kind of tragedy reserved for buildings: the tragedy of being merely fine. Such was the case for one bungalow in Karnataka's Kundapura—a perfectly serviceable modern shell, going up brick by brick, minding its own business, until its owners took one look and decided that 'fine' simply would not do. What they wanted, with the steady resolve of people who know exactly who they are, was a house that remembered where it came from. The owners in question, Sampath and Sonali Shetty—he a businessman, she a businesswoman, both fluent in the particular grammar of Mangalorean heritage—brought in Gayathri Padmam H., founder and principal of Aanai Design Studio, to make their case. The brief was less a mood board than a manifesto: no glass-box anonymity, no borrowed aesthetics from somewhere else entirely. Just South Canara, done properly.
Out Of The “Box”
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