KERALA AYURVEDIC HEALTH RESORT AT WHITEFIELD

Client: KAPL. Project details: 7 acres, 10 heritage homes

Kerala Ayurveda Pharmacy Resort is an Ayurvedic treatment centre and resort in Whitefield. It was designed with a large reception area, treatment centre, cottages, wards, restaurant, utility and doctors' residences. The design was based on the traditional and  ancient ‘Nallu-kettu’ and ‘Ettu-kettu’ courtyard houses of Kerala.

The open foyer with wooden rafters, pitched roofs, corridors, wrap-around verandahs and closed inner courtyards with wooden pillars were inspired by the typical Kerala architecture. Each building was designed on a grid of 2' so that the rafters in the roof structure match perfectly. However, the client opted to transplant ancient teak and rosewood Kerala houses to Bangalore instead of building them.

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