LOCATION: Quiet, Auroville, Tamil Nadu.
DATE: January 2017
HEIGHT: Stilt house at 40cm
SURFACE: 25 m²
MATERIALS: Acacia auroculiformis tyre posts, naturally shaped Acacia railings, local hard woods structure and floor planks, areca nut (pakku maram) loft. Bamboo mats, plastic sheets and green net roofing.
Initially named after the host, #19 Antonello's Beach Hut eventually became a beautiful location for guests to spend a night at La Casita, as part of La Maison Bleue. As the name reveals, building this stilt house was coupled with an ocean breeze and the relaxing sound of the waves. Nestled between trees, this stilt house was built on four sturdy tyre posts. These are made from naturally shaped and fallen Acacia trees strongly attached to reused tyres as a movable concrete foundation. The house is then built solely on the stilts with hard woods structure and floor planks, coupled with a traditional areca nut (pakku maram) loft.
You enter onto an open spatio which leads you into a living room and kitchen area. The loft holds a bed with an amzing view of the night sky and the sun rising over the ocean letting in a sweet breeze.
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