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Architects: Spasm Design
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Photographix – Sebastian & Ira, Shashank Patil
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Manufacturers: American Standard, Jaquar, TRG international
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Text description provided by the architects. Pawna Lake, offers some killer vistas.
This country home starts with an 8 foot thick Gabion wall, which acts as a spine, the first marker which runs for 170 feet, from north to south.
![The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design - Windows, Facade, Beam, Patio](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a2e/1639/b22e/3873/7d00/00e3/newsletter/08.jpg?1512969777)
All spaces in a one room thick linear organization attach themselves to the Gabion and a generous 10 foot wide verandah lined in local bricks becomes the movement and principal living zone.
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The break in the Gabion becomes the point of entry, almost like slipping in discretely, into a densely planted court, confronted by a swing bed, framing the phenomenal view.
![The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design - Door, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a2e/16bc/b22e/3871/bd00/01bd/newsletter/14.jpg?1512969907)
The innovation of the musket spouts and the full length Y-rain collector makes sure that the water shed by the roof is tamed and shot out away from the verandah. This is a high precipitation, catchment area.
The pool sort of drifts away from the verandah as a reflective mirror plane, pointing to the peak on the opposite shore.
![The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design - Waterfront, Coast, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a2e/169a/b22e/3873/7d00/00e6/newsletter/12.jpg?1512969874)
Open showers, high rooms, terrazzo en-suites and brass lamps add to the overall frugal natural atmosphere. The Gabion has become overgrown and is ruinous and modern at once, in a way.
We, couldn’t see any other way of addressing the site.
![The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design - Windows, Bedroom, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a2e/16df/b22e/3871/bd00/01be/newsletter/16.jpg?1512969941)