![]() And while learning this lesson, I also learnt a new lesson that the best way to build is to have a minimum footprint on the mountain side and treat the building as an artifact planted on the site. No earth filling and no humongous retaining walls So from the beginning my endeavour was first learn how not to build on mountain slopes: Having relocated to Lonavala in 1988 to get away from the architectural madness called Mumbai, I started my practice in 1989 in Lonavala and began immediately to unlearn all the lessons learnt of how to build in an urbanscape that the college and offices I had worked had taught me.Ĭolleges primarily teach us to practise in an urban landscape with all the sensibilities of an urban architect but when the scenery changes one still tends to apply the old lessons to a different context. ![]() How not to build on mountain slopes and how I learnt to design ‘Diet’ buildings. Eye on the Lake, a weekend retreat in Khadakwasla, principled by Lonavala-based Shabbir Unwala’s critical understanding of architecture, is a veritable effort to intervene responsibly in a natural landscape.
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