In Progress: Green Roof Residence / LIJO RENY architects

Jul 2010

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses ,In Progress , Concrete, Green Roof, India, Lijo Reny architects

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Architects: LIJO RENY architects / Ar. Reny Lijo and Ar. Lijo Jos
Location: West Kadungallur, Aluva, Kerala, India
Cleint: Dr. Ismail and Family
Buit up Area: 4,500 Sqft
Status: Nearing Completion
Photographs: Courtesy of Lijo Reny architects

“I don’t want my house to be seen from the road”, “I don’t want a typical Malayali NRI house” These two important suggestions from the client, directed the architects to design a house with a sweeping green roof hiding the otherwise visible form of the house from the road. If at all anyone got a glimpse of the house they would keep guessing as to what it was, an approach as such towards residential design is new to this place, where most designers fail (read avoid) to think beyond their visual architectural history, let alone a layman.

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The ‘green roof was not just a statement here, but a thoughtfully crafted design strategy. It was meant to keep the building cool and breathing along with the help of several open to sky courtyards trapped internally.This becomes a statement solution to reduce energy consumption, in a ‘state’ that has been borrowing power from the neighboring ‘state’ almost always.

This Residence has broken all so called ‘sacred architectural rules’ that strangulates the field of design in Kerala. The design doesn’t carry forward the ‘visual’ context as the architects felt the need to demonstrate a different design possibility for the Tropical Climate of Kerala along with the urge to discourage the practice of pseudo- traditionalism in design.

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Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "In Progress: Green Roof Residence / LIJO RENY architects" 19 Jul 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/69056>

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STUDIO13 says:

Catchy architecture, with simple building techniques. Love the style of the architect putting the model inside the case. Brilliant presentation.

Some similar styles can be found in Jakarta, Indonesia. To name few architects are Andra matin, Adi Purnomo, or Budi Pradono. Maybe sometimes ArchDaily can review Indonesian architecture as well. It sure will boost the spirit of other young architects here, which are dying to grow.

# July 19, 2010 at 08:21

arun says:

my…my…amazing… is this in kerala?… it gonna create a trend here… we students were looking forward to something like this… looks like there is hope in kerala for those with a modern/futuristic mind…

are there more such projects form kerala…?

# July 19, 2010 at 08:51

Pablo says:

I love this kind of project….maybe you can post more details of the roofs….congratulations…
I share with you my student project of the same subject http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zVRGQnwVA

# July 19, 2010 at 10:34

min says:

love it!

# July 19, 2010 at 12:03

antooo says:

great project and great documentation

# July 19, 2010 at 12:49

R Goldschmidt says:

Deja imi urasc atat de mult tara in care traiesc, incat asemenea proiecte din partea Indiei ma fac sa plang. La noi traiasca vila. Cum pot oare oamenii astia sa faca astfel de lucruri cu bani atat de putini si cu betoane realizate la fata locului, si cu “cofraje” schpreitz-uite de trunchiri de copac. Oricum frumos proiect, jos palaria. Great project, you don’t whant to know the translation.

# July 19, 2010 at 13:27

AJI FRANCIS says:

The concept is very good and attractive. keep doing more..different models..

# July 19, 2010 at 13:29

up_today_arch says:

Nice model, very good building. In generally, it is really smart and unusual, espesially for tropics. It is very close to my meaning of architecture.

# July 20, 2010 at 11:27

ann says:

This is a winner!!!

# July 20, 2010 at 14:13

poo says:

Thats a rather expensive planter box, i appreciate the idea, but green roof is a roof, this is a berm against a tiny green roof, am I wrong?

# July 20, 2010 at 20:22

BetterThanNothing says:

Although it seemed to be compelling at first sight, the programme offers nothing new.

Yeah, it’s a huge planter box extended to the roof.

# July 20, 2010 at 22:31

naveen says:

It takes real gutts to do something like this in Kerala.As a person who has been here all my life, I feel the designers have done a great job.Infact it has broken all the rules as it claims.This is history in the making here.Glad that it is happening here. Better late than never!

# July 21, 2010 at 00:40

cheng says:

GOOD ONE

# July 21, 2010 at 00:43

mangala says:

If the mound is towards the west or south,it would help the building in this part of the hemisphere. Form the shadows,in an image or two,it looks like it would mask the sun. I like such designs. Post more of such projects.

# July 21, 2010 at 01:07

mujeeb says:

BIG STEP IN KERALA. CONGRATS!

# July 21, 2010 at 01:08

designexplosion says:

wow!!!! It would be great to see all those courts landscaped. Do post the completed inages of the project.

# July 21, 2010 at 01:11

threads says:

as some of the comments have pointed out this form has nothing to do with thermal energy. if so please include some form of accurate information explaining how it works. all program is separate from the planters.

# July 21, 2010 at 02:42

arthi shukla says:

Interesting model. I happened to see this in an exhibition in Bangalore and somebody was telling me that the sections we all hand cut. Amazing if it is so. Do you have images of its making process?

# July 21, 2010 at 06:24

round and round says:

the model technique and the presentation of the model in the case is impressive.

# July 22, 2010 at 00:50

archiboys says:

Malama Learning Center Design Competition
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=176114825741556&set=a.176114715741567.38458.100000291197328&pid=539205&id=100000291197328

# December 11, 2010 at 23:31

dear all see the above link too. then write your comments

# December 11, 2010 at 23:34

as far as I know this residence was designed in the early 2008. when was the bldg given in the link above, designed/built? was browsing the net and found very detail on it but no detail whatsoever on its built state.

# January 31, 2011 at 01:27

geln says: