HOUSING
Highlights
This resort project is located on the outskirts of Jaipur city, in the midst of Aravalli hills. The site has an interesting topography, with part of it flat and part hilly land. The resort includes 14 villas, one reception block, one restaurant block and one spa block. All the blocks have open spaces in between to retain the existing character of the land. The buildings are designed in traditional Rajasthan style of architecture. The landscape concept is to create a natural ambiance for these structures using native plants. All the villas have individual gardens, whilst four also have their own pools. Each has a particular villa tree and the villa is named after it. The leaf or flowers of that tree are also used in the interiors as motifs on various surfaces. The pool is situated between the two hills at a plateau. The water from the swimming pool overflow coming down as a three meter high water fall, which forms a pleasant view for the restaurant terrace. The planting strategy is to merge the site with the surroundings. Large shade trees are used along the paths. Only the functional open spaces have the turf, while the rest have low maintenance planting.