Field House by Studio MAT
Field House is a two-story contemporary house located in Hajgoli, Maharashtra, India, designed in 2021 by Studio MAT.
Description
Hajgoli is a quaint sleepy village on the outskirts of Kolhapur, where our client desired to build a home for his family. In spite of being 3 hrs. away from Goa, this village is connected to the nearby major cities and hubs by only roadways. One of the challenges in construction was its remote location. This led to the employment of exclusively local laborers, carpenters, and artisans along with the use of local materials. The village consists of not more than 20 families who are all involved in farming. The brief was clear, he wanted an abode that stands out amongst the existing village houses. The site provides beautiful vistas of the fields, mountains, and the calm forest. It is surrounded by fields of Sugarcane, Cashew, Mango, Bajra, and corn which almost enters the house. The objective was to dedicate as much area as possible to a kitchen garden. The site is almost 20,000 sqft of which the building occupies only 1500 sqft of the at the end of the plot. The access to the building is a long beautiful field of sugarcane. These crops are almost 8 feet tall before harvesting and approaching the building through it is an altogether unique experience. The Building is positioned such that each room opens out in at least two directions and sits perfectly within the landscape without competing with the surrounding which encourages us...
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