Excerpt: Located in the rural part of Kottayam district, Kerala, KGR Farm Cabin by N&RD is a one-room day shelter that serves as a multipurpose family gathering space. The cabin is strategically located for privacy and faces east, offering a clear view of the entire property from inside. The structure features a room with minimal seating, a kitchenette, an attached toilet, and a store room for safekeeping farm equipment and fertilisers.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The site is located in the rural part of Kottayam district, in the southern state of India, Kerala. The extent of the site is approximately 1 acre, and it was previously a rubber plantation. The clients, a former bank officer couple, wanted to convert their property into an organic farm after their retirement. Removal of all the rubber trees made the site extremely hot, hence the requirement for a day shelter.
The architects envisaged this one-room-day-shelter with a toilet, into a multipurpose family gathering space with an extended landscape area in front. Site orientation is east west in length and topography is sloping towards the center. The cabin is placed a little farther from the road to provide privacy from the road and facing towards the east. While being seated inside, one will be able to see almost the entire property.
The structure is designed to accommodate a room with a minimal seating, a kitchenette behind and an attached toilet. In addition, a store room is provided for safekeeping farm equipment and fertilizers etc.
The main walls are constructed in brick masonry, most of the east side partitions are open-able doors which are done in galvanized iron tubes and cement boards. Roofing is done in GI and Aluminum sheets and flooring is yellow oxide cement flooring. Because of the site levels, an extended garden/open space for gatherings is provided and retained using locally available stones. An underwater abstract mural is added in the room to soften the farm activity intervals.
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