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The front elevation. Twin white volumes over a moongate.
MODS · HospitalityRajahmundry

Moongate Farmhouse

Weekend HouseRajahmundryCompleted
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A weekend house has one job.

A weekend house by a lake outside Rajahmundry. Brick, white render and steel fins. The gate does more work than most houses.

Location
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
Typology
Hospitality
Scope
Architecture, landscape, pool, supervision
Status
Completed
Material palette
Wire-cut brick · white render · mild steel fins
The form
The moongate. A circle cut clean through the wall.
The moongate.
The entrance corner, a round opening beside the steps.
The entrance corner, a round opening beside the steps.
Held in the hand

The palette

Wire-cut brick
white render
mild steel fins
The exterior
Red brick under a cantilevered balcony.
Red brick under a cantilevered balcony.
Brick and black steel at the garden corner.
Brick and black steel at the garden corner.
A weekend house has one job
MODS
The form
The approach and the entrance gate.
The approach and the entrance gate.
A moongate set between white fins.
A moongate set between white fins.
The circle frames the stair and the balcony beyond.
The circle frames the stair and the balcony beyond.
The pool along the white brick wall.
The pool along the white brick wall.
The rear corner opens to the lake.
The rear corner opens to the lake.
The underside of the cantilever against the sky.
The underside of the cantilever against the sky.
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