Situated on the backwaters in a town called Payanoor, the project for a house, comprising of five bedrooms, a library, prayer rooms and other purposes common to a residence was commissioned in 2012.

01. Plan at Ground Floor level
01. Plan at Ground Floor level © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
02. Plan at First Floor level
02. Plan at First Floor level © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
03. Plan at Second Floor level
03. Plan at Second Floor level © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
04. Plan at Terrace level
04. Plan at Terrace level © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
05. Roof plan
05. Roof plan © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
06. East Elevation
06. East Elevation © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
07. East Elevation
07. East Elevation © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
08. West Elevation
08. West Elevation © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
09. West Elevation
09. West Elevation © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
10. View - South: Ground floor
10. View - South: Ground floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
11. View - South: First Floor
11. View - South: First Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
12. View -South: Second Floor
12. View -South: Second Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
13. View - South: Terrace
13. View - South: Terrace © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
14. View - South: Roof
14. View - South: Roof © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
16. View - North: First Floor
16. View - North: First Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
15. View - North: Ground Floor
15. View - North: Ground Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
17. View - North: Second Floor
17. View - North: Second Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
18. View - North: Terrace
18. View - North: Terrace © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
19. View - North: Roof
19. View - North: Roof © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
20. View - South-East: Ground Floor
20. View - South-East: Ground Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
21. View - South-East: First Floor
21. View - South-East: First Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
22. View - South-East: Second Floor
22. View - South-East: Second Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
23. View - South-East: Terrace
23. View - South-East: Terrace © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
24. View - South East: Roof
24. View - South East: Roof © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
30. View - South West: Ground Floor
30. View - South West: Ground Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
31. View - South-West: First Floor
31. View - South-West: First Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
32. View - South-West: Second Floor
32. View - South-West: Second Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
33. View - South-West: Terrace
33. View - South-West: Terrace © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
34. View - South-West: Roof
34. View - South-West: Roof © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs

The house will be raised on a hollow plinth, allowing the backwaters to flow in at high-tide, as it has happened over the last two decades. Given the 'unreal' situation of the backwaters that are extruded on the land, and besides requiring the south-edge of the building be more perforated than north there are very few programme-constraints, the plan is indeterminate. The architect, as a consequene, has completed 97 variations so as to determine the architectural orders.

25. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Ground Floor
25. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Ground Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
26. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: First Floor
26. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: First Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
27. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Second Floor
27. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Second Floor © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
28. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Terrace
28. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Terrace © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs
29. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Roof
29. Bird's-Eye View - South-West: Roof © Girish Dariyav Karnawat/GDK Designs

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