The Grove

A screen that lets the right things through.

The jaali cools, shades and connects; so does a library. Pass through a perforation to enter.

Star-and-cross jaali · Mughal tradition · Fatehpur Sikri

Every civilization learned to live with its climate.

Some of that knowledge was written.

Most of it was built.

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Stepwell Khus screen Johad Tanka Windcatcher Jaali Courtyard Verandah Kerala roof Thatch Stilt house Mud wall Lime plaster Pol house

shade thermal mass evaporative cooling cross ventilation buoyancy water harvesting

Jaisalmer Kutch Shekhawati Ahmedabad Kerala Goa Assam

Every civilization learned to live with its climate.

Some of that knowledge was written.

Most of it was built.

Canopy · the techniques

Stepwell Khus screen Johad Tanka Windcatcher Jaali Courtyard Verandah Kerala roof Thatch Stilt house Mud wall Lime plaster Pol house

Trunk · the physics they share

shade5 thermal mass4 evaporative cooling3 cross ventilation4 buoyancy2 water harvesting3

Roots · where it lives

Jaisalmer Kutch Shekhawati Ahmedabad Kerala Goa Assam

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Inside the screen

A living network of 50 ways of catching air, blocking the sun, storing coolness and holding water, each one traced to its climate and carried into a modern home. Pull a thread and watch what lights up. No idea grows alone.