Aangan: A Konkan Living Community

Weekend Homes: Community Housing

A modern multi-story building with wooden exterior, featuring stairs, large windows, and minimalistic design, surrounded by small trees with sparse leaves.

: Community Weekend Housing : Guhagar, India : 48,000 sq.ft. : 23,240 sq.ft. : 2026 : Work in progress

Project Type Location Site Area Built-Up Area Year Status

A detailed topographic map showing a forested area with scattered buildings, a winding road, trees, and contour lines for elevation.
A detailed topographic map showing a forested area with scattered buildings, a winding road, trees, and contour lines for elevation.

Site Context

The site is situated within the dispersed settlement fabric of Guhagar, where homes are traditionally embedded within dense vegetation, orchards, and undulating terrain rather than organized through rigid urban grids. The surrounding context reflects the spatial character of Konkan villages — narrow shaded pathways, layered thresholds, clustered homes, and a strong relationship between everyday life and landscape. This existing settlement pattern became a key reference in shaping the planning approach of the project.

The Shared Internal Street village path + social movement

Narrow shaded internal pathway through a contemporary Konkan eco-housing settlement, irregular laterite stone pathway winding between low-rise homes, dense tropical vegetation and coconut trees creating layered shade, semi-open verandahs overlooking the street.

Illustration of a village scene with small houses, lush tropical plants, and people walking and sitting on porches, with palm trees in the background.
Illustration of a village scene with small houses, lush tropical plants, and people walking and sitting on porches, with palm trees in the background.

The Breathable Settlement A Ecological Neighbourhood

A Slow Growing Settlement Nestled in the Konkan coast. Rooted in topography, climate and community. home emerge organically from the landscape, sharing courtyards. Paths and Stories.

A collage of a rural village scene with traditional houses, lush greenery, blooming flowers, and people walking and sitting, combined with sketches of trees, birds, and architectural plans.
A collage of a rural village scene with traditional houses, lush greenery, blooming flowers, and people walking and sitting, combined with sketches of trees, birds, and architectural plans.

Pores Edges Shared courts Shaded Pathways Laterite + Lime Slopping Roof Monsoon Responsive Low Impact

“The Build for should breathe with the land, not overpower it.”

Architectural blueprint of a building complex, showing multiple rectangular structures and surrounding areas.

Master Plan

Courtyard as Light & Memory light ventilation & pause

Small internal courtyard within a compact coastal Konkan house, open sky above, diffused humid daylight entering through shaded walls, tulsi planter and textured stone floor, soft breeze implied through fabric movement.

A digitally illustrated scene of a backyard with two small houses or sheds, surrounded by tropical plants and flowers. There is a girl sitting on a beige L-shaped bench reading a book, with palm trees in the background. The scene combines realistic elements with sketch-like outlines of plants.
A digitally illustrated scene of a backyard with two small houses or sheds, surrounded by tropical plants and flowers. There is a girl sitting on a beige L-shaped bench reading a book, with palm trees in the background. The scene combines realistic elements with sketch-like outlines of plants.

The Familiar Threshold otla / verandah / transition

Semi-open otla and verandah space in a contemporary Konkan home, raised threshold overlooking a shaded pedestrian lane, footwear casually left outside, two neighbours pausing in conversation, soft morning light, laterite stone plinth, sloping tiled roof edge visible partially, indoor and outdoor boundaries blurred.

An outdoor patio area with a thatched roof, built-in brick seating, and surrounded by lush tropical plants and palm trees. Two people are having a conversation, one sitting on the seat and the other standing. A pair of sandals is on the ground near the steps.
An outdoor patio area with a thatched roof, built-in brick seating, and surrounded by lush tropical plants and palm trees. Two people are having a conversation, one sitting on the seat and the other standing. A pair of sandals is on the ground near the steps.
A top-down illustration of a residential or resort complex with multiple buildings, roads, and lots of trees for landscaping.
A modern multi-story building under construction with exposed wooden framework and large glass windows, surrounded by small trees.
A modern multi-story building under construction with exposed wooden framework and large glass windows, surrounded by small trees.
A modern multi-story building with large windows, beige exterior walls, and balconies. There are leafless trees in front and a clear sky in the background.
A modern multi-story building with large windows, beige exterior walls, and balconies. There are leafless trees in front and a clear sky in the background.
A modern multi-story house with large glass windows, sloped roofs, and a mix of concrete and wooden exterior walls. The house features a staircase on the side leading up to an upper level.

2 BHK Unit

A 3D model of a modern house with a flat roof, large glass windows, and beige exterior walls, set against a plain white background.

1 BHK Unit - Typology 1

3D model of a modern house with a flat roof, beige walls, and large windows, shown from an angled top view.

1 BHK Unit - Typology 2

A small architectural model of a two-story building with a rooftop balcony, large windows, and a wooden frame structure.
A small architectural model of a two-story building with a rooftop balcony, large windows, and a wooden frame structure.

1 BHK Unit - Typology 3

Architectural floor plan of a building including rooms, stairs, kitchen area, living spaces, and surrounding landscape with trees.

2 BHK Unit - Typology 1 - Ground Floor Plan

Architectural floor plan of a residential building with trees surrounding the property.

2 BHK Unit - Typology 1 - First Floor Plan

A multi-story modern house with lush greenery and tropical plants surrounding it, with people and children socializing outside.
A multi-story modern house with lush greenery and tropical plants surrounding it, with people and children socializing outside.
A narrow, minimalist interior space with floating marble stairs leading up to a bright, skylight-lit area, with a blurred woman walking on the stairs.
Minimalist kitchen with round wooden dining table and four chairs, dark wood cabinetry, beige walls, wooden door, large window at the top, pendant light, and warm sunlight casting shadows.
Modern multi-story building with large glass windows, surrounded by lush greenery and tall palm trees. People are sitting on benches and walking on the grass in the foreground.
Architectural rendering of a multi-level residential complex with trees and pathways on a sloped terrain.
Architectural rendering of a multi-level residential complex with trees and pathways on a sloped terrain.
An architectural rendering of a hillside housing complex with multiple modern houses, roads, trees, a small pond, and a central tower, surrounded by mist and trees.
Architectural floor plan of a residential building with outdoor areas, revealing rooms, furniture, and landscape elements.

2 BHK Unit - Typology 2 - Ground Floor Plan

Architectural blueprint of a multi-room building with detailed interior layouts, surrounded by trees.
Architectural blueprint of a multi-room building with detailed interior layouts, surrounded by trees.

2 BHK Unit - Typology 2 - First Floor Plan

A bedroom with a large window showing a view of trees and the ocean, a bed with white rumpled bedding, two wooden nightstands with lamps, and shadows from tree branches cast on the wall.
Hillside residential complex with multiple modern, terracotta-colored buildings surrounded by lush greenery and palm trees, with a sloped driveway, bicycles, and people sitting and walking outside.
A woman with a child walking up stairs toward a modern building, carrying a basket and four large gourds on her head. An elderly woman sits on the steps near plants, and the building's parking area with a bicycle and car is visible on the right.