Playfully combining nature with geometry, this residence in Goa gives a perception of living in your surroundings within the modern comforts of your home. Built as a second home for a family of four from Mumbai, ?Freshness of Style and Comfort of Living? were the two most important criteria.

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Architects: Rubber Soul

Location: Moira, Goa, India

Area: 550.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Harshan Thomson · Photographer Profile

Structure: Upendra Gokhale

Contractor: Prabhu M.B

Concept Design: Aadil Salim, Principal, Dean D?Cruz

Drawings And Implementation: Aadil Salim, Principal, Minnu Verghese
Interior Design: Alice Von Baum

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From the architect. Playfully combining nature with geometry, this residence in Goa gives a perception of living in your surroundings within the modern comforts of your home. Built as a second home for a family of four from Mumbai, ?Freshness of Style and Comfort of Living? were the two most important criteria.

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The site runs along the slope of a hill and is naturally divided into two levels by a three meter high laterite wall running along the North South width. Other existing features included a well and a fig tree on the lower level of the Laterite Wall and a h...