Cuckoo’s Nest建在45’x75’的转角地块上，西边和北边有道路，呈门式布局，周围有一棵银橡树和一些棕榈树。设计概要是为业主年迈的父母、业主本人和他们的两个儿子设计一栋简单、实用、现代的房子。这栋房子的整个叙事都是围绕着玩乐和实用主义的理念来构建的。布谷鸟巢这个名字，更多的是暗指布谷鸟的钟的俏皮意象。拟建的设计诠释了南印度寺庙建筑群中典型的分层，内殿被层层叠叠的回廊和最外层的高大围墙所包围。这种分层有助于将人们从混乱的室外逐步依次带到宁静安详的室内。

Cuckoo’s Nest is built on a corner plot measuring 45’x75’ with roads on the western and northern edge in a gated layout and surrounded by a silver oak tree and some palm trees. The brief was to design a house that is simple, pragmatic and modern for ageing parents of the owners, the owners themselves and their two sons. The entire narrative of this house is constructed around the idea of playfulness and pragmatism. The name Cuckoo’s Nest, alludes more to the playful imagery of Cuckoo’s clock. The proposed design interprets the typical layering in south Indian temple complex, where the inner sanctum is surrounded by layers of pillared verandahs and the outermost layer of tall fence. This layering helps in gradually taking people from the chaotic outdoors to the serene and quiet indoors in a sequential manner.

从方案上看，房子一楼有老父母的2间卧室、客厅、餐厅和普法房。一楼有孩子的卧室、书房和主卧，围绕着一楼餐厅的双高体量。北侧的一个小花园，成为客厅的延伸。这个花园被围在北侧的砖砌jaali墙内，保证了良好的交叉通风和一定的私密性，不至于让空间感到拥挤。房子的入口处被刻意设计成了一个绿边走廊，夹在东侧的庭院和西侧的砖砌jaali墙之间。

Programmatically, the house has 2 bedrooms for the old parents, living, dining and a pooja room on the ground floor. The first floor has the kid’s bedroom, a study and the master bedroom around a double height volume over the dining area on the ground floor. A small garden on the northern side, becomes an extension to the living room. This garden is enclosed within a brick jaali wall on the northern side, to ensure good cross ventilation and a certain degree of privacy from the road without making the space feel cramped. The entry to the house has been deliberately convoluted to make the inhabitants move through a green edged verandah sandwiched between the courtyard on its eastern side and the brick jaali wall on the western side of the property.

一楼的孩子的卧室突出于主体，并被一个斜屋顶冠以Sirra灰花岗岩，使浴室上方有一个小阁楼。这里可以作为孩子们舒适的游戏区。房子固有的诚实和简单体现在使用赤陶砖、模板饰面混凝土、白墙、白色大理石和室内空间非常简单的装饰上。通过砖砌的jaali墙和入口阳台上的低矮屋顶，作为周边和室内的门槛，创造了一个刻意的规模和物质性过渡。阳台通向门厅空间，通过中密度纤维板和深蓝色油漆完成的花丝屏风与客厅隔开。门厅通向客厅和双高的餐厅空间，正好位于房子的中心。

The kid’s bedroom on the first-floor juts out of the main mass and has been crowned by a pitched roof, clad in Sirra Grey Granite, allowing a small loft over the bathroom. This doubles as a cozy play area for the kids. The inherent honesty and simplicity of the house is reflected in the usage of terracotta bricks, form finish concrete, white walls, white marble and a very simple décor in the interior spaces. A deliberate transition in scale and materiality is created through the brick jaali wall and the low height form finish roof over the entrance verandah which acts as a threshold between the immediate surrounding and the interior. The verandah leads to a foyer space separated from the living with the help of a filigree screen finished in MDF and dark blue color paint. The foyer leads to the living room and the double height dining space, right in the center of the house.

室内空间保持非常简单，有选择地使用蓝色和棕色调的墙壁。通过楼梯上方的天窗和深陷的窗户，室内空间充斥着间接而柔和的日光。布谷鸟巢的设计是为了成为一个圣殿，旨在与寺庙建筑群的沉默和安静产生共鸣，但又充满了三代人之间的对话声。

The interior spaces are kept very simple with selective walls finished in hues of blues and browns. The interior spaces are flooded with indirect and soft daylights through skylights over the staircase and deep-set windows. Cuckoo’s Nest is designed to be a sanctuary intended to resonate with the silence and quietude of a temple complex, yet be filled with the sounds of conversation between three generation.

建筑师：BetweenSpaces
占地面积：565 m²
年份：2020年
摄影：Shamanth Patil J
厂家： D’Décor, Grohe, Toto, Hybec, IFB, Kajaria, Petals, Wurfel
设计团队：Shveta Mohan, Pramod Jaiswal & Divya E
土木工程承包商：Ennkay constructions
室内承包商：Kanhayal Sharma
结构顾问：Kalkura Associates
城市：班加罗尔
国家：印度
Architects: BetweenSpaces
Area: 565 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Shamanth Patil J
Manufacturers: D’Décor, Grohe, Toto, Hybec, IFB, Kajaria, Petals, Wurfel
Design Team:Shveta Mohan, Pramod Jaiswal & Divya E
Civil Contractor:Ennkay constructions
Interior Contractor:Kanhayalal Sharma
Structural Consultant:Kalkura Associates
City:Bangalore
Country:India