Like in a Blue Moon, the ephemeral phenomenon where one observes two full moons in a month, the Blue Moon Villas are two houses that are designed with a close relationship with each other while still having a unique spatial and aesthetic identity.
The architecture of the Blue Moon Houses reflects the poetic concept and narrative aspect of the design, emphasizing the curves and flow of the architecture, the lunar textures and the way the houses sit within the hilly terrain of the Nilgiri mountains.
Defined by stone walls built out of local granite, these individual retreat houses frame the tea plantation views through their dynamic roofs, central courtyards and wide curved glazing that draw the plantation terraces into their interiors.
“architecture is as much an
abstract thought as it a
profoundly physical act.”
Carved out of the terraced plantations of Coonoor in the Nilgiri mountains of southern India, the two Blue Moon Villas are designed to be a sculptural form rising out of the hill..