Fursat
Summer 2023
In collaboration with Art Brute
Independent Project
Named Fursat, the Hindi word meaning leisure or rest, this project was a design-build backyard renovation in Hyderabad, completed in collaboration with a Design studio titled Art Brute from Auroville, India. This residential project, a space for a family of four with two dogs to relax and spend time cooking and eating meals, was an opportunity to reactivate a space that had been almost wasted for a decade. The existing backyard was evident work reworked to meet the changing needs of its occupants, resulting in a lot of deadspace that collected clutter (pictured on the next spread).
The project entailed a designed process that included a survey, research, material procurement study to understand the local market, which was then followed by a demolition process with a goal of salvaging as much material as possible. The early stages of design inclueded a lot of research and correspondance with the clients and the partner studio to understand what was needed and what hadn’t worked in the past. From removing elements like a shallow water body that had been filled up to the inclusion of a cooling tower for the thick-coated dog that likes to sit outside, the negotiation of the extensive design was fascinating process in understanding the realities of the profession of architecture.
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