Houses, farmhouses, workplaces and industrial projects — designed for Hosur's land, climate and the pace at which it is changing.
Hosur is a town being pulled in two directions at once: an established industrial base on one side and Bangalore's growth on the other. That shows up in the work — a farmhouse on land that was agricultural a decade ago, a factory extension, a house built for a family that commutes to Bangalore but wants space that the city cannot give.
Living Volumes works across all of those, and the common thread is land. Plots here are usually larger and the site itself has more say in the design than it does in the city.
Where the site is the main event — views, approach, wind and the position of existing trees drive the plan.
Built for intermittent use, which changes almost every decision about security, maintenance and services.
Functional buildings that do not have to be ugly — daylight, ventilation and circulation properly planned.
Shops, showrooms and offices along the town's growing corridors.
A large plot is not an easier problem, it is a different one. Where a city site forces every decision, open land offers no resistance at all — so orientation, approach, the distance between buildings and what you choose to leave untouched become the design. Getting the siting right on a big plot is most of the work; everything after that is detail.
Hosur sits at a height that gives it a genuinely pleasant climate for much of the year, and a building designed to use that — deep shade, cross-ventilation, generous verandahs — is comfortable for most of the year without mechanical cooling. Local stone and a sensible roof do more for comfort here than imported specification ever will.
