Read on to know more about the radical rural spaces around India by AD100 architects.

Wallmakers, Kochi

Vinu Daniel

Project in focus: The site in Karjat sits against the backdrop of the hills , with a spillway stream cutting through the land, creating a seven-metre deep gorge in the middle with a width of one hundred feet. The two parcels of land had to be connected, but there also had to be enough clearance to clean the streams underneath. The idea for the Bridge House was conceived within these restrictions. A 100-foot suspension bridge was built comprising four hyperbolic parabolas, made with minimal steel pipes and tendons. The bridge camouflages within the dense foliage. The thatch layer of the house, inspired by the scales of a pangolin, provides thermal insulation and cooling

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