A Tweak
Category
Residential Renovatiom
Area
7500 SqFt
Year
2021
Team
Safder, Shabeeb, Siyad, Safwan, Irshad, Rajeev
Location
Malappuram, Kerala
Words
Uma
Photographs
Jino Sam
This doctor couple from Kondotty, Malappuram approached Team Uru for the renovation of their house, of which one can associate the words customary and large. What their 5800 sq.ft. house needed was really a “tweak”(which means a sharp twist or pull)- a complete revamp in terms of form and function. Thus, the Team Uru project that is charmingly called “The Tweak” was born. At the outset, before the “tweak" happened, the house looked large enough for this family. Then what did motivate them to go for such a great transformation? Because the family realized that the grandeur of the house was lacking in the positive interactions towards Nature.
A house is more than a shelter. It can define every aspect of life. Human civilization has replaced their natural habitat with living indoors. While one cannot do away with indoors, especially in the Post-Pandemic era, one also cannot afford to be cut off from the external environment. Any built space largely affects the well-being and productivity of the body and mind of its occupants.
With the conducive atmosphere that is created through making use of sunlight, air, and a touch of thriving greenery, in a comfortable structure with intelligent design, the inhabitants can live their life to the fullest. Team Uru opened up a new possibility for this house, a chance for it and its inhabitants to reconnect with nature through the most vital ideal for building a structure in this age: Sustainability. Combining both the environmental and economic aspects, the tweak was directed towards a more sustainable, environmentally-safe and classily-designed house, with a stroke of the rustic as well as the cosmopolite.
