Skip To Main Content
Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

Order Issue

A Product of

Security and style in Kerala with the Running Wall
HomesAndrew McDonald

Security and style in Kerala with the Running Wall

India

The Running Wall Residence is house in South India’s Kerala and was commissioned by a businessman to be “a fort-like house that one can’t scale”


Being in one of the rougher area’s of Kerala, the Running Wall house needed to fulfil requirements of fortitude as well as design and style. This is why the playful lightness of the laterite wall is such a striking feature of the design; beginning at the entrance gate at the surrounding wall and continuing, serpent-like along the entire property. This wall subdivides certain areas within the property and establishes connections to others, ebbing and flowing in and out of the house.

This wall created privacy of course, but also allowed for open spaces wherever desired by architect and resident. The result is a well ventilated house, connected to nature and which challenges ideas of inside and outside. The internal court of the Running Wall house both holds the foyer and is planted with banana trees, ferns and other tropical species.

The architects, LIJO.RENY.architects, have also indulged in a creative execution of levels in the ceiling, with a combination of barrel vaults and slabs at higher levels. Skylights and unobstructed fenestration invite sunlight and ventilation into the internal spaces with several large openings protected from the glare of the sun through custom designed screens.

LIJO.RENY.architects
lijoreny.wordpress.com

15-lap-pool-view-from-the-dining
14-dining
11-living-opening-into-the-internal-court
10b-sitout
20-staircase-in-the-central-court
25-master-bedroom
59-Guest-bedroom-patio

 


About the Author

Andrew McDonald

Tags

Home ArchitectureHouse ArchitectureResidential Architecture


Related Projects
Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

Order Issue