In This Eco-Friendly House, Village Life Inspires Modern Design (House Tour).

In this modern age, if you want to see the real India, you will see it in its villages. We need to work on a technology which is very common and yet effective. And that technology is already in our villages. And because of that, I decided to make this studio near my village. I wanted to make the villagers understand that whatever they have today is very precious. This is a small attempt to achieve that. I'm architect Himanshu Patel from D6 Design Studio. We are at our studio, Tribhuvana. The principles of vernacular architecture that we teach our clients is not just to teach them, but it is a part of our lives. And we live that lifestyle here in our village. Tribhuvana means three gardens. And because of that, we have built three different buildings here. The main studio, multi-purpose hall, and the third is our residence. There is a big pond in front of the site. Keeping this pond in mind, we decided to place Tribhuvana in this corner. The entry to the site is from here. This pathway has been made in such a way that you can enjoy the exterior design until you enter the door. As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a big courtyard. Courtyard is a very important part. And it has been used for centuries in the art of architecture. This courtyard has been built according to the hot-dry climate. This is the Brahmastan of Sankul. And according to Vastu, Brahmastan should be open. To kill down this courtyard, we have planted two big Bakul trees in the middle. The advantage of this Bakul tree is that it does not have leaves. In the waste of Sankul, a multi-purpose hall has been built. In this multi-purpose hall, we have made a net on the waste side to keep windows. It filters the rays of the sun and brings it to the room. The triangle that we have made with Corbelling Bela, no RCC lintel has been used in it. Corbelling has been used Arches have been used in other places. In the northern part of Sankul, there is a residential block where two rooms have been built. All these walls are load-bearing walls. These stones are local Dhangadra sandstone. And we have made this wall so that the furniture is used as little as possible. This is a brick wall. In Hindi, it is called Ala. This is a brick wall. We have used this brick to highlight the backdrop. But this brick is also a load-bearing brick. It is not cladding. The roof is made of terracotta tiles. If you look closely, it is a double terracotta tile. There is a beautiful design on the lower level of the terracotta tile. You don't have to do fall ceiling. And it looks like this on the roof. Mangalore tiles can be installed. When both are installed together, a cavity is created between them. Due to this cavity, the temperature can be reduced by 4 to 5 degrees. All the external doors in Sankul are reclaimed. This design is the most effective for hot dry climate. This is called a triplet window. We can use and control it as much as we want. In Kota stone, we have also got the local flower prints etched. With a lot of thought, the studio has been placed so that the cool air of the pond can come from inside the studio. There is a small window between the studio and my studio. The work of this window is of CCTV. The position of this table has also been kept with a lot of thought. I can focus on three main places from here. One is through this window, on the staff of my studio. At the same time, I can also see the entrance door. And on the northern side, I can see the pond from here. The whole studio has been made in this way so that we can get a corridor on the north side from where we can connect with the courtyard. So here you can see a lot of things have been made from waste materials. For example, the wheel I am standing on is a water bag from the village of Mashak. These are the fire bricks used in common. These are refactory products. Fire bricks are generally used in the chimney of the factory from which very hot air is passed. The wastage of that is obtained here and this whole design has been made from it. The most important material of the studio is this rock. Along with that, this is a papad stone, which is again a sandstone. These are hollow clay tiles. The air that comes through this is cold. When I was designing the studio, I asked my father, Nivrut, if he would like to live here. I have always been passionate about my country. I have got the chance naturally to live with the studio. I believe that my life has become more prosperous after Nivrut. He is enjoying so much that he is not willing to leave the city. We have to push him to go to some event. I have heard that he has bought a house worth crores in the city. Yes, it is true. But the city has come to the village. Yes.