Sioul Masterplan

Consisting only of three unique and new-age collectible villas, this boutique masterplan project is located in Siolim a beautiful Indo-Portuguese village in Goa with a leafy quaint feel on a site filled with coconut palms, fronting a backwater canal.

The brief by the developers was to create houses that suited the tropical climate but were equally innovative and experiential.

Located next to a wide canal that joins the Chapora river, the site was filled with existing trees and coconut palms. We shaped the three villas around this existing trees and flowed their forms like landscape to merge with the site.

Masterplan Massing Evolution

The project equally places value to a sustainable approach with cross ventilated rooms, indoor courtyards for a softer light, and north facing glass to minimize direct sunlight and heat within the built form.

All the three houses within the masterplan have concrete floors, double height living spaces as well as several louvered semi-shaded spaces that keep the micro-climate cooler and well ventilated.

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Sun House Materials and Moods

Moon House Materials and Moods

Earth House Materials and Moods

As a design principle the three houses have a similar language but have their own identity and narrative of spaces.

By using brick for the Sun, slate for the Moon and sandstone for the Earth, the houses get a distinct identity through their materiality.

Importantly for this unique project we have tried to design spaces considering the essence of time and the moods that the sun, moon and earth form.

The Sun house embeds the fiery nature of sun emphasizing it through its exposed brick walls and Corten steel screens.

Through its crescent pool and softer curved shapes combined with dark slate textured stone walls , the Moon house mirrors the soft sensuous curves and raw textured surface that our moon is associated with.

The Earth house is situated closest to the water and through its earthy textures and water courtyards and woodwork details reflects the gentle and rooted nature of our earth.