架构师提供的文本描述。Vrindavan是一座普通的1000平方英尺的农舍，坐落在2.5英亩的农场内，与其神话中的梵语意思相符-一片小树林。这是一对60多岁的夫妇的退休之家，在他们的家乡印度马哈拉施特拉邦的奥兹拉姆，在一个安静的农场里，这是他们过去15年来的爱好，种植芒果、腰果、鹰嘴豆、菠萝和棕榈树。他们唯一的短暂经历是，一处靠近大自然的简陋住所。他们唯一的限制，是一份要求很高的卢比预算。10种LASS(APPX)。15000美元，这意味着以每平方英尺15美元的价格建造这座房子。

Text description provided by the architects. Vrindavan is a modest 1000 sq.ft farmhouse, nestled within a 2.5 acre farm, true to its mythological Sanskrit meaning - a grove. It is a retirement home for a couple in their 60s, in their native village, Ozram, Maharashtra, India, on a quiet farm treasured by them as a hobby over past 15 years with plantations of mango, cashew, chickoo, jackfruit, and palms. Their only brief was, a humble abode close to nature. Their only constraint, an exacting budget of Rs. 10 lacs (appx. 15000 USD), which meant building the house at 15 USD/sq.ft.

我们渴望设计一套符合人类规模的、符合当地成本效益的住宅，在那里居住的经验将优先于一种不朽的形式。

We aspired to design an indigenous cost effective house, relatable to the human scale, where experience of inhabiting was to be prioritized over a monumental form.

在我们第一次实地考察时，我们在一个20英尺高的芒果和小鸡种植园里发现了一棵死芒果树。我们本能地感觉到，这座房子将完美地坐落在一片茂密的树林里，向远处的山丘望去。众议院不得不抓住郁郁葱葱的绿色树冠的景观，建立一个室内-室外连接，但保留了部分隐私。这幢房子被设计成一系列12英尺宽的下降空间，从一个私人卧室

On our first site visit, we found a dead mango tree on a well-defined 20 feet grid of mango and chickoo plantation. Instinctively, we felt the house would sit perfectly here, within a dense grove, opening up to a distant hillock view. The House had to grab the views of the lush green tree canopies, establishing an indoor-outdoor connect yet retain privacy in parts. The House was designed as a series of 12’ wide descending spaces from a private bedroom & bath space to a cross-ventilated spacious Living to a verandah, trailed by an open deck, overlooking the hillock. The Living and Bedroom merge into one, during the day time, giving a sense of a bigger modular living space. The entry to the house is marked through a thin, see-through vestibule, connecting the main house to the kitchen. The kitchen has a service court for the desi chullah (a rural hob), which is enclosed by a stone jali, shading the court while magically transforming the space throughout the day. The house gradually steps down, following the site topography, concluding into a 14’ high, ridged volume of the verandah, offering a serene sunset view behind the distant mountains.

Chira(红土)是从3公里外的采石场购买的一种具有成本效益的土石，是房屋的主体，用作主要的承重结构构件。Chira是一种多孔的石头，用石灰和水泥灰浆铺设，其性能就像一个陶器。在严寒的热带夏季，其内部温度明显低于室外4~5度，也勇敢地抵御了科坎带盛行的猛烈的西风季风。遮阳是热带房屋的固有部分，它是由当地现有的赤塔屋顶瓦制成的大型悬垂物，由金属倾斜屋顶结构支撑而成。这些门窗是用打捞的当地柚木和菠萝木制成的，这些木料是以象征性的价格买来的，它们是从附近一个村庄重新使用被拆除的一座古老的印度教寺庙的铲子制成的。地板和内墙都是印地安科塔石板，加上了另一层来自灼热的太阳的隔热层。客户的旧的未使用的家具被改变和重复使用的生活。当地材料的最佳使用和现有资产的再利用之间的平衡最终导致我们设计建造这座可持续的房屋。

Chira (laterite), a cost-effective indigenous stone procured from a quarry 3 kms away, is the body of the house, used as the main load bearing structural element. Chira, a porous stone, laid using lime and cement mortar behaves like an earthenware. It keeps the internal temperature distinctively 4-5 degrees lower than the outdoors in the harsh tropical summer, also bravely withstanding the fierce westerly monsoon prevalent in the konkan belt. Shade, an inherent part of a tropical house, was ensured through large overhangs from locally available terracotta roof tiles, supported on a metal sloping roof structure. The door-windows were crafted from salvaged local teak and jackfruit wood, bought at a nominal price, by reusing the rafters of a dismantled old Hindu temple from a nearby village. The Floor and internal walls have been lined with indian Kotah stone, adding another layer of heat insulation from the scorching sun. The Client’s old unused furniture was altered and reused for the Living. A balance between the optimal use of local materials and reuse of existing assets has eventually led us to design-build this sustainable house.

能够从窗户摘下芒果，一边喝一杯茶，一边透过绿色的檐篷看日落的乐趣，是客户们所珍藏的一种体验。这座房子不是关于它的外观，而是它能俯瞰到什么，它在里面感觉如何。在过去的15年里，这个朴实无华的住宅和一个由客户精心培育的果园之间有着无缝的联系。

The delight of being able to pluck a mango from your window, sip a cup of tea while watching the sunset through a filter of green canopies, is an experience the Clients cherish. This house is NOT about how it looks, but about what it overlooks and how it feels once inside it. It is about a seamless connect between this modest abode and an orchard lovingly nurtured by the Clients over the past 15 years.