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Zazen Farm
Location: Beawar, Rajasthan
Site area: 2 acre
Built-up area: 700 sq. ft. per cottage
Year of completion: 2022
Owners: Rakesh and Lalit Jain
Firm: Studio Shunya
Category: Housing
Back lit mirror on exposed stone masonry of cottage 1&2
Exterior of Cottage 1 and the open shower area separated with glass blocks partition to let the natural light in.
Under construction picture of the stone foundation, plinth and load bearing local stone walls
Combination of mud and stone walls interiors increasing the thermal mass of this mud home in the scorching heat of Rajasthan
Exterior of the cottages with high plinth as there is a water body nearby, water gets filled in this agricultural land.
Site photos highlighting the shingle roofs
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We made samples of the stone walls to see how the walls can be made. We were inspired to make the combination of flat big rocks with chiseled flat stones.
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For mud walls, we were making samples of both Adobe and Rammed-eath wall but with site context and soil components, adobe became the right option
Postal Bed with French window overlooking the vast agricultural field
Cottage 1 & 2 of Zazen Farms
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