House in Mango Orchard
Residential Architecture I Alibag, Maharashtra

Simple structures with glass walls and wooden doors, the houses appear as they grew with the trees. They are interspersed with semi-open spaces such as staircases washed with skylight, and courtyards that stream filtered light from between mango trees.

Area 22,000 Sq.ft

Status Ongoing

Team Shimul Javeri Kadri, Sarika Shetty, Manish Malli, Shamika Desai

Amidst streams flowing down from the gentle hills of Alibaug, lies a multi-family weekend home in an 8-acre lush mango orchard.

The building treads very lightly on the earth to least disturb the existing flora and fauna; with plantations being grown carefully to allow the indigenous species to co-exist. Each home nestles within the branches of the trees, encloses a swimming pool and is connected through pathways and plinths.

Simple structures with glass walls and wooden doors, the houses appear as they grew with the trees. They are interspersed with semi-open spaces such as staircases washed with skylight, and courtyards that stream filtered light from between mango trees.