Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio.
The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges.
Looking to disrupt the site as little as possible, Earthscape Studio dug into the land to create a partially sunken, semicircular home, wrapped by a gabion wall to help it blend in.
A gabion wall "camouflages" this holiday home in India
"When we first visited the site, there was already a man-made contour in the site," senior architect Shivani Saran S K told Dezeen.
"Since we did not want to disturb the natural landform, we utilised the space and made it camouflage with the existing landscape," he continued. The Infinite Rise is organised radially around a stepped, sunken pool at its centre, left exposed to the elements through a large opening in the roof that also provides ventilation.
The walls are filled with rocks from the local landscape
Each room faces northwards across the landscape through full-height windows, which are shaded from the sun and heavy winds by the external gabion wall.
Between these two external layers, a thin strip contains planting and a shallow pool of water to provide further shading and protection.
The home is fronted by an infinity pool
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