A vacation abode for three friends in North Goa, this getaway home harnesses the true sentiment of comfort entwined with elevated living. This 5,000 sq ft residence is conceptualised with three distinct clients at its nucleus, ensuring that each end-user felt tethered to the overall design narrative. A second home for the clients, this residence had to conjure a stark contrast from their lifestyle in the bustling city of Delhi.
An equilibrium of all their sensibilities, the residence shuns superfluous ornamentation for a rooted identity that reiterates the pleasures associated with unwinding in one’s own private sanctuary. After enjoying their fair share of residing in Goa’s vacation homes over the last many years, the client-trio were invested in the vision of creating the quintessential home; one that would respond to their needs, whilst being an oasis during trips to their favourite holiday destination.
The sea-facing plot is limited in its square footage, whilst offering arresting views of the horizon that lays in the distance, framing the verdant neighbouring plantation’s views against the clear blue skies. A humble fisherman’s hut, the untamed plantation and the infinite extent of the ocean are the elements that weave the original landscape of this tucked-away parcel of land — held still and untainted in the clasps of time. The site is dotted by lush coconut and almond trees that create an envelope of green around the home.
The site's level was lifted by a height of 6 feet and levelled with the arterial road to offer seamless views of the waterfront. The architectural intervention is grounded, while aiming to create a layered, yet simple articulation of the site, its climatological parameters, and the surrounding context.
Responding to Goa’s balmy, yet humid weather across the year, the built volume has been imagined as a rooted and earthy structure amidst the dense plantations, where it is one with its context. Channeling a minimalistic identity and adding to the organic landscape's fabric with its crisp geometric silhouette and horizontality, the house is crowned with a sloping roof that tilts on its axis. This tilting phenomenon, aside from tackling Goa’s torrential rains, welcomes the sea breeze to meander through the spatial volume.
The facade is clad in a mix of concrete and textured tiles that mimic natural stone, while being interspersed with hints of wood to add warmth; this material palette effectively discourages the build-up of moss on the walls of the structure, thereby enabling minimal maintenance. The ground floor has been conceptualised as a monolithic base, keeping the privacy intact via optimum glazing. The first floor witnesses the introduction of larger glazed sections and apertures, which offer transforming views as the altitude changes and the day morphs from dawn to dusk.
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