There have been drastic changes in construction in the Uttarakhand area driven by twin forces of increasing investment in building industry driven largely by interests outside the state driving the economy but also putting pressure on the environmental resources. At the same time the combination of seismic building codes and predominance of framed construction has led to the rapid disappearance of time tested building techniques and materiality which stressed on use of local material.

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SpaceMatters responded to the challenge by creating a footprint that would be least intrusive to the surroundings, reinterpreting the form and material which built on the organic and traditional buildings of the region with the use of contemporary technology and sensibility.