Skyward “住宅位于喀拉拉邦Haripad的一个农村住宅区，占地18美分，面向东方。客户找到S Squared建筑事务所，希望为他们建造一个简单的住宅，从外观上看没有任何矫揉造作，但内部却很舒适和方便。
The “Skyward” home is located on an 18 cents East facing narrow plot, located in a rural residential area in Haripad, Kerala. The clients approached S Squared Architects to build a home for them that would be simple, devoid of any pretensions from the outside but comfortable and convenient on the inside.
引起S Squared团队注意的挑战之一是场地本身的性质。场地呈东西走向，宽约14米，长约51米，正面非常狭窄。在遗址的东南方向有一个 “Sarpa kave”，这是一个神圣的凹槽，专门用来养蛇。在喀拉拉邦，神圣的凹槽被认为是神圣的，禁止杀蛇或破坏凹槽的植物和动物。而随着时间的推移，这些将发展成为生态热点，在保护生物多样性方面发挥关键作用。
One of the challenges that caught the attention of the S Squared team was the nature of the site itself. Aligned in the East-West direction with approximately 14m width and 51 m length, the site had a very narrow frontage. Abutting the South East of the site was a “Sarpa kave” which is a sacred groove, specially meant for snakes. Sacred grooves in Kerala are considered to be divine and it was forbidden to kill snakes or destroy the flora and fauna of the groove. And over time these would develop to be ecological hotspots and play a key role in preserving biodiversity.
由Ar. S Squared Architects的Shaji Vempanadan设计的方案是对这一背景的回应，在这一背景下，附近神圣的凹槽的神圣性不仅得到了维护，而且还得到了珍惜。人与自然存在的二元性可以在这样的凹槽中得到深刻的体验，设计必须对这种二元性加以赞赏。一面自由弯曲的墙将场地分为两个区域，公共区域和私人区域。
The design developed by Ar. Shaji Vempanadan of S Squared Architects was a response to this context where the sanctity of the nearby sacred grooves had not only been maintained but also cherished. The duality of the existence of man and nature can be deeply experienced in such grooves and the design had to be in appreciation of this duality. A free-hand curved wall divided the site into two zones, the public and private zone.
车道位于公共区域，这堵墙有助于屏蔽车辆进出房屋的活动。墙的另一边是沉默区，与神圣的凹槽相邻，也是居民的私人花园。墙从未建成的空间进一步延伸到建成的空间，从自然的保护者变为分隔者，隔离了房子的各个功能区。墙高高耸立，向天空升起，无声地证明了这种二元性，即人与自然、静止与运动的二元性。
The driveway was located in the public zone and the wall helped to screen the movement of vehicles coming in and going out of the house. On the other side of the wall was the silent zone bordering the sacred grooves and also housing the private garden of the inhabitants. The wall extended further from the unbuilt space to the built space changing roles from a protector of nature to a separator, segregating various functional zones of the house. And the wall stands tall rising skywards in silent testimony to this duality, the duality of man and nature, of stillness and movement
Architects: S Squared Architects
Area : 2700 ft²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Khan and Baker
Lead Architects : Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
City : Haripad
Country : India