Aksharam — The Rustleaf sits within a seven-acre agricultural landscape in Anumanpalli, Erode, designed to blend quietly into its surroundings. From a 30,000 sq.ft. carved parcel, only 8,100 sq.ft. is built, reflecting a philosophy of restraint where the land remains the protagonist. The home adopts a low, horizontal profile, using raw materials that weather naturally.
The spatial layout unfolds as five distinct blocks—pooja, daily kitchen, social spaces, bedrooms, and recreation—linked through courtyards, walkways, and water elements. At the center lies a pool that anchors the volumes and becomes the social heart of the residence.
Materials like exposed cement plaster, Kota stone, cement-oxide walls, and ribbed beach-wood ceilings create a tactile, timeless palette. Passive cooling, deep overhangs, and layered landscaping allow the home to breathe with the farm, aging gracefully over time.
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[Birds chirping]
[Music] [Leaves rustle] [Water laps] [Ar. Kil Kamesh]: Where architecture flows
into the landscape. A rustic retreat, on
a 7-acre-farm. This residence is an
exercise in restraint. A structure that doesn’t
claim the land but quietly dissolves into it. Designed around the
philosophy of blending rather
than breaking, the architecture seeks anonymity within nature, allowing the environment to take the center stage. Hi, I’m Ar. Kil Kamesh from Design Interactions 16. Join us for an exclusive home tour of Aksharam in Erode. [AKSHARAM] To watch premium videos, and access PDF ebooks
with house plans, log on to buildofy.com. The link is in the
description below. The site is located in the outskirts of Erode. This is a 7-acre property. The client needs to
live sustainably along with the nature. And, we carved out
30,000 sq. ft. of land. Spatially, the house is organized as five
distinctive blocks, each serving a unique function yet bound together through proportion, materiality,
and landscape. We are in the main entrance
of the house. Any entrance comprises of two main elements. You have a door and then, the name plate. We carved this rock, ‘Aksharam’ out of this rock. This rock was earlier here. This handrail is
mimicry of the tree. Once you open the door, the concept of blending
into nature begins. I don’t want
any built fabric to be visible, once you
open the door. So, once you open the door you can see the expanse
of the landscape. Once you enter
from the main door, we’ll be having
a water body and the landscape. I made a colonnade arcade. Once you enter
into the house, this is the first space
you will be arriving. This is the pooja space. After the pooja room, we are now,
at the arrival court. The walkway has a
different material, and the arrival court
has a different material. In the arrival court, we have planted
four plumeria trees. After the arrival court, there is the kitchen complex. This is the everyday kitchen, in northwestern part
of the entire complex. As per Vastu,
it has to be here. There is a separate pathway, to the bedroom as well. Now, we are in the living space. It consists of three
different portions. One is the main living area. And then, we have
a dining area. And then, we have a front kitchen where we
do very light cooking. And then, we have mezzanine floor. This floor is basically it’s kind of study
space for the kids. We use materials
like Kota stone, rustic steel finish, and then, natural wood finish. Since this is a double-height space, ceiling light has
indirect lighting. So that, until 5 or
6′ o clock in the evening, we don’t need
any artificial lighting for the interiors. And then, once you cross the semi-private area, again, you enter into an open court where you have a swimming pool here. And then, we have a
sunken seating area. The pool is framed on
all sides by walkways, shaded decks, and green buffers, becoming the
central courtyard around which life happens. This is the recreation block where we have a huge
conference hall, that at times, my
client used to attend informal video
conference over here. Just to have a view, wherever you are sitting in either from the living room, or from the recreational space, or even from the bedroom. You can cross
the bedroom area. The client has two kids. We placed two bedrooms
on the ground floor. [Ambient music continues] And then, one more
master bedroom at the top. Also, we had
a TV room here. The exterior is finished in
exposed cement plaster. Inside, the material palette
is tactile and timeless. Kota stone flooring
runs throughout, grounding the interiors with its natural texture and
thermal performance. Large openings blur the line between indoors and outdoors, inviting in breeze, light, and the soundtrack of the farm. A home that breeds
with the land. More than just a residence, this is an architectural landscape, one that lives with nature rather than over it. Built with honest materials, and designed to age, evolve, and disappear into
its surroundings. [Music recedes]
20 Comments
can someone please disclose the cost of this project
Wonderfully designed. Visually stunning. But how practical to live here given the vast distance to cover, especially for elders?
Safety???
So happy and overwhelmed to see this kinda beauty in my hometown!!!!
Excellent 👍
Wow! Simply superb !!! Please share the details of the architect
Graciously designed… Thoughts and Harmony of the Architecture 😊❤
Is it practical to make a kitchen outside the space ???
कोई घर वाली फीलिंग नहीं आ रही है।
Excellent
This is building definitely NOT build for a business man, successful tech guy, stock market expert or a wealthy family person.
This building must be build by the money of a corrupt politician who sucked public money in all his life and did not know what to do that 1000s of crores, so WASTED a piece of money with this unpractical SHIT BUILDING.
Minimalist yet grand. Kudos.
Excellent ❤
No warmth. Very stark and seems not practical. Appreciate the minimalistic and non cluttered surroundings. Best wishes to the home owners for a beautiful location
Neat and neutral
Need more shots of the property. Cinematography is all over the place
How much it costs to make something like this with land? Anyone got an idea?
❤
Mental !!!
the maintenance costs, imagine