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JAVA RAIN RESORT, CHIKMAGALUR, KARNATAKA

Retaining and reinforcing the ‘first impression’
of spliced foreground/ background formed a
key aspect of the landscape design strategy.
Ideas like “as found’ and ‘figure ground’
helped locate outdoor activity spaces, small
gathering spaces and infrastructure in
relation to the figure ground of tree trunks
and villas. The idea of site planning was left
to examine how to weave the discrete
buildings as encountered forms set within a
semi-wild, cohesive landscape experience.

The cry of peacocks, the shy snakes, sound
of crickets, and the occasional butterfly
provided another lens about the nocturnal
and dawn quality of the site.