The document presents two case studies focused on farmhouses, emphasizing their designs, functional integration with the landscape, and sustainability. The first case study describes Shukla Villa in Ahmedabad, highlighting its contextual architecture and integration with nature, while the second covers Farmhouse Utrecht in the Netherlands, illustrating the blend of traditional and modern elements and energy-neutral design. Both projects exhibit significant architectural considerations to enhance the living experience and environmental harmony.

1. CASE STUDY ON FARMHOUSE
Guided By: Ar. Chitra Shinde
Ar. Mansi Joshi

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CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Case study 1
Introduction
Design Philosophy
Climate
Plans
Landscape
Circulation
Elevation
Material
• Case study 2
Introduction
Concept
Site Plan
Planning and Spatial integration
Interior
Section and Elevation
Landscaping
Sustainability

3. WHAT IS FARMHOUSE?
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• A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary residence in a rural or agricultural setting.
• The style evolved from the characteristics of the place, people, climate and materials available in the particular
region where it was located.
• It is surrounded by a farm or a well landscaped garden. These can also be called as country houses, away from one's
residential address, where one can go to spend some time in the lap of nature.

4. SHUKLA VILLA
• Client name : Dr. KETAN SHUKLA
• Location : Ahmedabad
• Architect : YATIN PANDYA
• Constructed : February 2012
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5. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Holistic architecture is experientially engaging,
environmentally sustaining socio-culturally responsive and
most importantly contextually appropriate.
• Context in terms of culture, climate and construction.
• Architect tried to create contextually relevant
contemporary resolutions that inspire from the rich Indian
traditions and yet aspire for its future dreams.

6. LOCATION : AHMEDABAD
CLIMATE : HOT AND DRY
climate
South west
North east
• The building is oriented
with the long axis in the
east-west direction so
that the longest walls
face north and south, and
only the short wall face
east and west.
• Ahmedabad has the
hot and dry climate
with the average
temperature 39˚c.
• primary wind
direction is south west
to north east.

7. • The experimental journey
begins right at the gate.
• Entrance space is baffled
by long, freestanding, man
height, exposed brick
feature wall with water,
vegetation and cut outs.
• With falling water, fragrant
vegetation, niche lighting
all senses get alerted at
the entry.
• Cut out gives the glimpse
of the house tucked in the
rear part of the plot and
yet conceals the most of
its form and scale.
• The wall guides the
movement towards
circular pathway.
Entrance
plan

8. Main entrance
service entrance
The porch entry from the east affords the first clear view of the
structure which is only part revelation. Nature continues to intersperse
within built to offer very smooth transition from outside to inside.

9. Landscape COURT, OPEN SPACES
 there are multiple water bodies, pool, lily
pond, amphie theatre and big lawn area.
 60% of area used in landscape.
Court provided in guest bedroom.
Children’s play area is open .
 some part of wash area also provided in
open because of laundry.
Courtyard becomes the nodal point
around which family space and two
bedrooms cluster.
• The curved wall of the
Northern face guides the
views and movement to
landscaped garden
outdoors.
• Exposed concrete wall
bisects the house laterally
to conceal bedroom,
kitchen and services.
• It also emphasizes and
accentuates the linearity
of the space by
culminating to vegetated
court.
• All rooms including toilets
extend their spaces
physically and visually
outdoors in a court,
veranda or garden

10. Circulation
Public
private
openings

11. SECTION
RARE SIDE ELEVATION
FRONT SIDE ELEVATION
• Curvilinear roofs give kind aesthetic
experiences by shifting visual compositions
as well as modulated scale within the living
spaces.
• To bring a unique concept to this design, the
form has been disintegrated into several
blocks, and connected together using
interactive spaces.
• A unique character has been given to the
blocks, by amalgamating traditional material
palette with contemporary designs.
Elevations and sections

12. DESIGN AND
MATERIAL
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• Whether building orientation with south
west for night time versus northeast for
daytime living activity zoning, its massing
with taller south west and terraced
northeast for mutual shading,
interspersed multiple courtyards for light
and air, water feature enveloping the
living spaces along with landscaping for
microclimate comfort, self ventilated
cavity wall construction, roof level
skylights and ventilators for cross
ventilation and evacuation of hot air, all
complement to create climate friendly
conditions through fundamental principles
of design.
• Preferences for natural exposed brick and
un plastered concrete for walls, natural
stone for floor surfaces and china mosaic
for roofs and terraces complement the
concerns for local, natural and
handcrafted materials. Design also
provides for, as a conscious spatial
decision, role of local craft, may it be
narrative painting or terracotta tiles or
patterned mosaic or artefact sculpting.
Roofs have been designed in a curvilinear
manner, over the rectilinear habitable spaces.
Concrete and brick dominate the material palette for the
project. To break down the low height, linear punctures
have been imbibed over the facade.
A slanted wall, gives edge to the linear
facade, adding another dimension to it. The
materials of the project resonate with the
exterior landscaping.

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CASE STUDY 2
FARMHOFARMHOUSE UTRECHT
FARMHOUSE UTRECHT
FARMHOUSE UTRECHT
FARMHOUSE UTRECHT

14. INTRODUCTION:
• PROJECT NAME: FARMHOUSE UTRECHT
• LOCATION:PROVINCE UTRECHT,NETHERLAND
• ARCHITECT: ZECC ARCHITECTS
• CONSTRUCTION :2013-2016
• BUILT-UP AREA: 950 m2
• The farmhouse stands on plot of approximately 2.5
hectares. It situated in the polder on a beautiful historic
strip. The strip awards passers by with reaching views
between the avenue trees and over the garden and the
occasional glance at the vast agricultural countryside
beyond.
• An archetypal farm seems to be pierced by a new
wooden volume in the middle of the open countryside.
• With these interventions , the boundaries between
inside and outside are shifted in a various ways and the
old building is energetically fed by new.

15. CONCEPT:
• The plot of the former dairy farm is completely cleared of all
the out buildings , large barns and structures.
• All the additional functions desired for the house are
incorporated into one added volume that emerges at right
angles from the farm.
• The house thus will be freely standing in the countryside and
provides a point of reference for an interesting interplay
between the interior and exterior.
• Boundaries between inside and outside are shifted , softened,
revered or completely eliminated. Functionality , orientation
and perception are used as tools to shape the new transition.
• The new volume cuts through the farm at the location of the
former fire wall (separation between the house and the
stable). The tension between the old farm and the new
volume creates opportunities for special interventions and
resolves the functional issues.

16. SITE PLAN:
• The farmhouse stands on a plot
of approximately 2.5 hectares.
• In collaboration with zecc
Architect’s Boom landscape
created an integral garden
design in which the inside and
outside worlds flow into one
another.
• The unremitting rural characters,
agricultural(partial) use and
practical functions such as
vegetable gardens and orchards
are central themes in the design.

17. GROUND FLOOR PLAN:
• In the ground floor the traditional
residence layout has remained largely
unchanged.
• Where children bedrooms, an office, a
gym and a gentleman’s room with
guest accommodation have been
incorporated.
• In the rear part of the barn has been
completely spatially transformed with
living areas on the ground.

18. FIRST FLOOR PLAN
• The first floor is partially closed off, where the
enormous size of the former stable remains
palpable.
• All the times, there is a spatial interplay between
above and below, means between interior and
exterior.

19. PLANNINGAND SPATIAL INTEGRATION:
• The farm consists of traditional residence and in the rear part
the barn. In the rear part the barn is completely transformed
with living area.
• The farm meets the new wooden volume in the central part.
• This is where the entrance and the conservatory are located.
• The outside atmosphere is brought inside here through the
use of cobblestone on the floor, the open ness of the steel
frames shifting the boundaries between inside and outside.
• This open connecting space has an extremely thin concrete
staircase and a linking bridge between the residence and the
rear of the house.
• The new volume houses a large garage, the technical rooms
and a mediation room. It also encloses a patio in the heart of
the plan and forms a covered terrace linking to the living area.
Ground floor plan:
First floor plan

20. INTERIOR:
• The detailing of the interior has come about
in collaboration ZW6 interior architecture. For
zw6, the spatial structure and basic principles
were the basis for further detailing and the
choice for individual furnishings elements and
lighting.
• From the basic materials of wood, concrete
and steel, a rich variety of subtly different
atmospheres is created through further
refinement.
• Crystal clear choices in materials and details
go hand in hand with separate found pieces
of furniture or electric lighting elements.
• A diverse atmosphere is created in each
room, without losing the visual cohesion of
the whole.

21. SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS:
FRONT ELEVATION
FRONT SECTION
REAR ELEVATION
REAR SECTION

22. LANDSCAPING
• The house is situated in the polder on a beautiful
historical strip.
• The strip awards passersby with far reaching views
between the avenue trees and over the garden and the
occasional glance at the vast agricultural countryside
beyond.
• These views are included in the garden design and
enhanced where possible.
• The traditionally more cultivated yard around the house
gets a new tree canopy of native species over rugged
outdoor spaces and lush floral borders.

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• The driveway connects the yard and the view
and gets a new rugged wooden gate as an
entrance.
• There is room here for an orchard, sheep and
horses, and an owl has since taken up
residence here in one of the trees.
• The mix of cultural and countryside elements,
more open and closed spaces, in combination
with native plants and an extensive mowing
policy ensure a diversity of habitats that
increases the special natural and countryside
experiences and the living pleasure in this
wonderful place in the polder.

24. Sustainability
• There was a lofty ambition to create a highly sustainable
building. Not only through the use of the elements present
and materials, but also in terms of energy.
• Very high comfort requirements were set in combination
with energy neutrality. Naturally, the existing farm is made
sustainable, but the ‘motor’ is housed in the new volume.
The house is heated and cooled using a heat pump with
boreholes.
• Tap water is heated with solar collectors, and electricity is
generated with a large amount of PV cells in order to
achieve a CO2-neutral solution.
• The new roof shape got a perfect angle in relation to the
sun. In addition, the PV cells and collectors are recessed
into the roof of the new volume so that they are not visible
from ground level.

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Thank You
By: Vishaka Bothra