{"id":125,"date":"2014-02-10T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideadesign.in\/?p=125"},"modified":"2022-05-11T00:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:22:56","slug":"idea-design-wins-iia-state-award-for-excellence-in-architecture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Kutralam Hills &#8211; Eco Community Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A layout and villa designs was prepared for Kutralam Hill Eco-community Project in about 30 acres of land is located in a scenic area inside a mango orchard in Courtallam Hills. The fertile soil and humid climate allowed a highly ecological approach to planning and landscape. A total water harvesting plans including couple off large reservoirs were planned. A full fledged club house, landscaped gardens and other amenities and services were also incorporated. Stabilized mud roads and stone pitched swales are planned to minimize use of concrete in the layout. The villas are built with CSEB bricks and mud plastered finish. Use of traditional Tamil Nadu wooden columns and bamboo roofs completed an eco-sensitive approach in material application.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-125 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2331'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2332'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2333'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2334'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2335'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2336'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_006-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2337'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=2338'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHE_008-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A layout and villa designs was prepared for Kutralam Hill Eco-community Project in about 30 acres of land is located in a scenic area inside a mango orchard in Courtallam Hills. The fertile soil and humid climate allowed a highly ecological approach to planning and landscape. A total water harvesting plans including couple off large &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/?p=125\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kutralam Hills &#8211; Eco Community Project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,29,15,20,32],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-residential","tag-architecture","tag-eco-sensitive-design","tag-ecological-planning","tag-landscape-architecture","tag-site-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2347,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/2347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideadesign.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}