Hospitality
A concept study for a 14-room, heritage-sensitive boutique hotel drawing from Vijayanagara stone craft near Hampi.
Unbuilt concept study · imagery is conceptual
Building near the Hampi UNESCO World Heritage Site is an exercise in restraint before it is one in design. The massing is kept to a single storey throughout, deferring to the boulder-strewn landscape, and every wall and floor is local granite quarried from a regulated site nearby — so the hotel is made of the same stone the Vijayanagara builders worked six centuries ago.
A real proposal near the heritage zone would require formal view-impact assessment and regulatory approval. In this study, photomontage from multiple viewpoints is used as a design tool, while a planted roof is proposed to reduce the building’s apparent mass.
Each of the fourteen proposed rooms is oriented to frame a different landscape element. Hand-dressed granite and collaboration with regional craftspeople are part of the concept brief and would need sourcing, budget, and conservation review.
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Process
Viewpoint mapping and massing limits within the UNESCO buffer zone
Viewpoint studies and approval requirements identified for specialist validation
Fourteen rooms, each oriented to one framed view
Granite technique, sourcing, and artisan collaboration mapped for review
Native-grass roof and visual-impact strategy prepared for validation