Shreyas

Kottayam, India

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Shreyas

Kottayam, India

Firm

Raving Dots Studio

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2025

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

$5M - 10M

Context & Concept

Located in the tranquil village of Velloor in Kerala’s Kottayam district, this residence is a modernist response to its tropical setting. Clean lines, honest materials, and a restrained formal language define the architecture — yet, layered within this clarity is a play between geometric rigidity and organic softness. The house invites not only light and air but also emotion and texture.
Spatial Arrangement

The home is organized across two floors and includes four attached bedrooms designed to offer privacy without detachment. At the center of the house is a dining space that spills into a courtyard — a vital pause that blurs the line between the interior and the outdoors. This semi-open courtyard becomes a seasonal living space, mediating temperature, light, and sound while fostering social interactions.
Adjacent to the dining is a contemporary open kitchen featuring a breakfast counter, subtly integrating utility with family time. The upper floor includes a living area that functions as a home office — private yet connected through its visual dialogue with the courtyard below.
The Pooja Room as a Visual Anchor

Though positioned at the rear of the house, the pooja room holds a central spiritual presence. A window placed precisely at its axis frames the pooja space from the front of the house. Simultaneously, it becomes visible from the first-floor living area through a double-height volume — allowing glimpses of daily rituals and light filtering through this sanctum.
Materiality & Environmental Ethos

The house uses a palette rooted in material honesty: exposed brick walls, polished lime plaster, and cast-in-situ concrete floors. These decisions are not just aesthetic but intentional — reducing reliance on high embodied-energy materials like synthetic paint or putty. Every surface is composed with restraint, allowing natural textures to speak for themselves.
Interiors: Organic in a Rational Shell

While the architecture follows a geometric logic, the interiors subtly break that grid. In the courtyard, a custom brick wall features bricks projected outward in a wave-like rhythm — introducing organic fluidity into a rectilinear frame. This theme extends into the furniture: 3D-printed tea poys and wash basins reflect biomorphic forms, while CNC-cut parametric side tables in bedrooms add a layer of algorithmic expression.
Color & Expression

The overall tonal palette remains calm — earthy reds of the brick, soft greys of concrete — forming a quiet canvas. Into this, we introduced bursts of color through select elements like turquoise doors and vibrant yellow furnishings. These accents energize the space without disrupting its serenity.
Conclusion

This residence is an exercise in balance — between austerity and expression, handcraft and digital fabrication, permanence and change. It embodies a rooted modernism, contextualized for its climate and culture, yet brave enough to explore new forms and technologies.

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Shreyas

Kottayam, India

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Earth's Embrace

Shreyas

Kottayam, India

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