In the last decade, a house in Goa has come to represent, ironically, luxury, opulence and in a few cases, debauchery! We live in a landscape of excess, and there seems to be no end to how much money can buy without the cognisance of the hidden costs of excess. In a refreshing departure from the norm, our clients found that small would be enough. Designed as a second home, the Pavilion House in Siolim, Goa represents the power of less. A simple Mangalore-tiled roof stretches over the structure like a large umbrella, carving out a comfortable volume inside. The slope of the roof enables us to create a mezzanine for sleeping, and the living-dining-cooking occurs in one large space. The enclosed area under the sleeping space houses a washroom, thereby completing the house as a flexible, tropical refuge against rain! Fenestrations are designed to allow breeze through with parts in glass that do not interrupt views. The slate pool, placed in parallel to the pavilion on this small site, completes the project. Landscape takes over the edges of the site. 

The pavilion house proposes an alternative to the extractive developments that have taken over the landscape of Goa in the past decade. We must acknowledge the sensitivity of our clients to enable this project and to understand that less, sometimes, is just enough.