Learning the Vernacular: Garden House

This design had a garden at its central core. The site at Jada Bhagat Ni Pol, in Dariyapur, enfolds a critical junction where a major street takes a turn and splits off into two smaller alleyways. This is the most active, bustling nook of the pol. Wanting to take advantage of the far-reaching views, the connectivity, and the relationships to other houses and neighbours that it offered the site, the decision was made to not build in a certain part of the plot - giving it up to an intimate garden with a Shahtoot, or mulberry tree. The residents would enjoy the garden with the street views inside, and private terraces overlooking the courtyards inside - as the back part of the house was almost completely open to sky by the time one arrived at the second floor. Alongside this, and a small plant corridor that skirted the edge of the art studio and one daughter’s bedroom, the residents of this house are almost completed surrounded by an island of green.