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Hillside Earthen Retreat

A small retreat folded into a Wayanad hillside - earth walls, debris foundations and a roof that disappears into the slope.

Being documentedYear2022PlaceWayanad, KeralaSectorTourism

Reference image, not a CHAYP project. Site photography in progress.

The project, in our own words

Built with local hands and local earth, the retreat steps down the contour so that its roofs read as part of the hillside. Debris from site clearance became the foundations and retaining walls.

Documentation and photography of the finished building are being prepared - this entry will deepen as that real material arrives.

What it changes

Local craft & site earth

Built with

Indicative design-stage estimate - sample project for preview

In preparation

Documentation

Project status - sample

How it looks, and what it is made of

a few frames

Real site photography will replace these. For now, each frame is a warm reference of the materials and the land this project grows from, never passed off as the building itself.

An open courtyard among plants (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)
The land this project grows from, as we found it.
Sun-dried, cracked earth (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)
Tropical monstera foliage (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)
If this feels like yours

rooted like this

Tell us about your land and the life you picture on it. We start where every project starts, with the ground itself.