The original house sat among rich vegetation in a site that slopes down inward and overlooks paddy fields and a distant water body. The house is estimated to have been constructed in the mid-80s and has a rectilinear plan with a staircase jutting out in a distinct semi-circular form. The house suffered from water leakage issues and the first task was to repair damages and reinforce the roof with waterproofing. The second task was the reorganisation of the plan. Although the footprint was not a small one, the rooms felt introverted and dimly lit in the original plan. 

In the new plan, the ground floor serves the common spaces and the first floor has the private bedrooms. There are three main extensions added to the house – one is a kitchen canopy that serves as a spill out into the garden, the second is a small utility, and the third is a deck that looks out to the back of the site offering a spill out for various activities and enlarging the rooms. These interventions are done in fabrication and are distinguished from the original house which maintains its own language. The presence of the deck has opened out the back rooms making them brighter and offers a place for one to interact with the landscape. Looking through the front garden, there is now a visual connect to the back of the site and all the way to the fields and the water body.