The brick house occupies a land parcel of 800 sq. on the suburban edge of Pune - with a reserve forest on the rear and a dense urban housing on the access road to the front. So, the site creates an interesting opportunity to flip a typical suburban house condition and open up the major public areas to the backyard garden looking towards the forest beyond. Instead of the mundane suburban street the strategy here is to evoke a feeling of living in a hinterland.

© Hemant Patil

Architects: A for Architecture

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Architect In Charge: Ajay Sonar

Area: 800.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Hemant Patil
Landscape Architect : Monali Patil

© Hemant Patil

From the architect. The brick house occupies a land parcel of 800 sq. on the suburban edge of Pune - with a reserve forest on the rear and a dense urban housing on the access road to the front. So, the site creates an interesting opportunity to flip a typical suburban house condition and open up the major public areas to the backyard garden looking towards the forest beyond. Instead of the mundane suburban street the strategy here is to evoke a feeling of living in a hinterland.

© Hemant Patil

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