PROJECT DOSSIER — SHEET L

PANDHARPUR BUNGLOW LANDSCAPING

Pandharpur, Pune — 2023

Terraced hillside garden with dry-stone retaining walls stepping down the slope

The Walkthrough

Terraced gardens that follow the hill's own contours — every existing tree kept, every retaining wall dry-stacked from stone found on site.

THE BRIEF

The clients wanted an expansive, multi-level garden for their weekend bungalow that felt like a natural extension of the rugged Pandharpur landscape, with distinct zones for outdoor dining and wandering.

THE SITE

A steep plot on the Pashan hillside with eleven mature trees the family refused to lose. The easy answer was to cut, fill and flatten. We chose the hard one: let the slope design the garden.

Stone steps winding between existing trees on the terraced slope — The steps thread between trees rather than through them

SECTION A-A — SLOPE 1:6

THE CHALLENGES

The severe gradient posed both structural and erosional risks. Creating usable, flat terraces without introducing harsh concrete retaining walls meant relying entirely on traditional, labor-intensive dry-stone masonry techniques.

THE SOLUTION

Excavated basalt was dry-stacked into retaining walls — no cement, so the hillside still drains and breathes. Terraces sit at the natural benches of the slope. All eleven trees stand where they stood; the largest now shades the outdoor dining terrace it once merely overlooked.

Dry-stone wall detail with ferns colonising the joints — Walls that host life

Dining terrace beneath the retained banyan canopy — Dining beneath the banyan

MORE LANDSCAPE WORK

Layered native garden with stone path winding through young trees at the Baner residence

BANER RESIDENTIAL SOCIETY LANDSCAPE

Baner, Pune — 2022

RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES

A layered native-species garden that returned birdsong to a bare plot — designed as a small forest, not a lawn.

Rooftop terrace garden with pergola, planters and city skyline beyond

PUNE TERRACE GARDEN

Pune, Pune — 2024

TERRACE LANDSCAPES

A twelfth-floor terrace turned into a monsoon-proof garden room — lightweight, wind-wise and alive through every season.

Stone and timber farmhouse at dusk with landscaped gardens and pathway lighting

FARMHOUSE AT BAVDHAN

Bavdhan, Bengaluru — 2023

FARMHOUSE ESTATES

A complete estate outside Bengaluru — luxury minimalist interiors and a working landscape of orchards, water and native woodland, designed with uncompromising attention to detail.