Flintstone6 House

FLINTSTONE6 HOUSE

Mitti

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam

ARCHITECTS
Mitti

LEAD ARCHITECT
Fawaz Thengilan

SITE ENGINEER
Mohamad Shabeeb N

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
J.k. Engineering

CIVIL CONTRACTOR
Shivranjini Constructions

MANUFACTURERS
Hybec, Kohler, Magari, Norisys

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Mitti Eco-friendlyconstruction

CARPENTRY
Sarath Prasad And Team

WATERPROOFING
Drf 

INTERN
Nikhil Panicker

PHOTOGRAPHS
Syam Sreesylam, Roshan Satish Paliath

AREA
180 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Kodiga Timmanapalli, India

CATEGORY
Houses

Flintstone6 House
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Text description provided by architect.

With the COVID-19 pandemic and consistent lockdowns causing shifts in our routines and growing uncertainty about the future of urban life, Mr. Abhishek Ubale and Mrs. Sunaina from Bangalore decided to buy a farm in Sanctity Ferme, a farming community on the outskirts of the city of Bangalore.

The community, which was practicing organic farming techniques and promoting its vision of consistent contact with the natural surroundings, was already planning for sustainable model houses for the residents.

This became the perfect opportunity to explore the possibility of how we can build sensibly in untouched virgin landscapes.

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
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Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam

The idea was to camouflage the building into its surroundings, so, as to not stand out as an eyesore in the scenic landscape.

Also, the COVID situation posed a limitation on the availability of raw materials, compelling us to focus on incorporating the available materials like soil and waste into the building using a technique called as Debris Wall Construction.

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
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Flintstone6 is designed as a modern building with a sustainable flair, hidden inside a Mango grove amongst the arid landscape.

The 2-bed cottage has a multi-functional hall with an open kitchen.

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam

The house has parallel walls on the northern and southern sides that mimic the characteristics of the Rocky Mountains in the Cauvery basin region.

Trees cohabit with the building, making it an extension of nature.

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
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The composite Casuarina-glazed roof acts as a sundial and the composite Casuarina-ferrocement roof doubles up as a party terrace.

The Stair-room was inverted to avoid building an upper storey which would have been an obstruction in the neighbors' view of the farm.

Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
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Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam

The Interiors were planned very minimally and subtly toned down to not steal the thunder of the Debris Walls using a neutral material palette.

The rock bed in the master bedroom is a reclaimed quarry waste piece from the nearby abandoned quarry.

Basins have been carved out from granite boulders picked from landfills.

Flintstone6 House
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Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam
Flintstone6 House
© Syam Sreesylam

Some of the furniture also has been made from reclaimed wood, thus tying into the theme of the house of reusing and being sustainable.

The landscape is designed keeping in mind the arid theme, corresponding to the region's dry climate, composed of indigenous cactus plants, granite quarry waste for the paving, and river stones lining up to form a koi pond.

Flintstone6 House
© Roshan Satish Paliath
Flintstone6 House
© Roshan Satish Paliath

Flintstone6 is an abode rooted deep in nature, humbly blending in, to do its job – to be invisible in the landscape.


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Section AA
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Section BB
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Section D - Detail of Poured Earth
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Isometric Section Detail of Poured Earth


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Plan - Ground Floor
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Plan - Roof