{"id":14984,"date":"2022-01-18T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T05:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.biltrax.com\/?p=14984"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T06:19:45","slug":"gir-vihar-eco-resort-a-resort-that-is-rooted-yet-contemporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh040.global.temp.domains\/~vitamind\/biltrax.mediacontent\/gir-vihar-eco-resort-a-resort-that-is-rooted-yet-contemporary\/","title":{"rendered":"GIR VIHAR – ECO RESORT \u2013 A resort that is rooted yet contemporary."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Architect Himanshu Patel, from \u2018d6thD\u2019, is a patron of the rural lifestyle and has designed the GIR VIHAR – ECO RESORT in the same light. The architect is a firm believer of the vernacular construction technique, especially in the Indian context, where making use of modern technology will just add up to the cost without being efficient enough to sustain the project. The architect believes in giving a new definition to the vernacular architecture and so, the construction techniques like rubble stone packed foundation, load-bearing walls, arches, dome, and pitched roofs have been used along with locally available materials like sandstones, bricks and terracotta tiles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site was initially a mango farm with trees at 30 feet intervals arranged in a grid. Himanshu consciously decided to retain the trees and design the resort around them. The huge foliage made it challenging to design the cottages but this constraint of the site eventually became the source of creativity. The site location is prone to earthquakes, so the design team decided to use the triangular geometry to distribute the load equally on all three sides. As a result, the cottages are triangular in their form and the entire structure is built with load-bearing walls out of locally found sandstone in order to minimize the use of cement concrete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n