Climate-sensitive house

[ad_1] Photography: Kunjan Garg, Rajasekharan Menon, Harikrishnan; courtesy RGB Architecture Studio . A single-family residence located in Palakkad, Kerala blends into the neighbourhood landscape, while it makes use of ecologically-conscious features to maintain a pleasant temperature year-round in spite of the region’s harsh and dry climate… Since a large area of the plot was significantly below the approach road, RGB Architecture Studio have indigenously blueprinted the design with split levels instead of resorting to the conventional practice of raising the ground level; as a corollary, the architects saw immense potential for setting a benchmark for meaningful climate-sensitive architecture in this […]