The Shanti Weekend House is located across the harbor from Bombay in a rural landscape with hills and farms in the surroundings. It is constructed with load bearing masonry walls and steel sections for roof. It responds to its locale’s tropical climate and combines different sustainable technologies appropriate to weathering and environmental impact. It is a retreat Farm house for an urban couple and accentuates the rural-urban divide, an issue that will is becoming an increasingly crucial issue as cities in India expand to colonize their hinterland.

The architect has successfully anchored this retreat house in local tradition with a seemingly universal solution. He has connected the simplicity of the indigenous building craft of India with a modern treatment of space and architectural detailing. He is paving a new approach for contemporary Indian architects (Indian Minimalism) that is rooted in tradition but does not attempt to arrest it in a stylistic imagery.

2000
KBDA
Honorable
Mention