This Courtyard Home Brings Back Kerala's Culture With a Modern Twist! (House Tour)

Set within a lush two-acre ancestral property in Wandoor, Kerala, Aashiyana is a home that blends vernacular wisdom with modern functionality. The home draws deeply from traditional Kerala architecture, incorporating open-to-sky courtyards, sloping roofs, and colonnaded verandahs, while responding to the needs of a contemporary family rooted in heritage.

Built using laterite, granite, and recycled Chettinad wood, the residence embraces natural materials and passive climatic strategies. Internal and external courtyards, deep overhangs, and carefully oriented openings foster seamless indoor-outdoor interaction. The spatial layout is guided by intuitive movement and moments of pause, with corridor seating, large bay windows, and corner sit-outs enhancing experiential quality. The central pond and landscaped thresholds offer sensory calm and ecological benefit.

Aashiyana reflects a return to grounded, place-based living. Through material honesty, spatial softness, and a strong relationship with nature, the home stands as a timeless interpretation of Kerala’s domestic legacy.

Learn more about this house with floor plans, sections, detail drawings, material palette, and more at:
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - The House That Remembered
02:19 - Site
02:40 - Entrance
03:07 - Living Space
03:54 - Indoor courtyard
05:07 - Outdoor Courtyard
06:00 - First Floor
06:57 - Designing with Water in Mind
07:32 - Materials
08:19 - Conclusion

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Video Editor: Mangesh Mahajan
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