Other technicalities followed: all the materials that would reach this site would be sourced within 5 -8 kms. The windows are of Honne wood with Mild Steel as grills for safety, here we scored less. The flooring would be granite, the MS centering for vault roof was to be reused as a railing. And the house finally shaped up with its humble walls, playful arches, rammed earth walls, graphical filler slabs and elated vault roof.
Quite simultaneously about 15 kms away we were executing another house (SUVI) with similar plot size in BTM layout. Here the consensus was for concrete blocks, regular RCC frame, UPVC windows and other finishes with a mammoth carbon foot print. Upon finishing the 2 projects we have drawn a comparative table to internalize and study. A study to reaffirm our belief and to charm and spread the message of aligning oneself to a more Sustainable Way of life.