Country House Tumair By Arif Masoud Associates

Overview

Arif Masoud started his professional career in 1975. 20 years later he still did not have any house of his own in Pakistan. His Mother (like all mothers) wished for him to have one in his home country... The year was 1994, when her wish came true. He knew she would be happy if he gets a “plot” in the beautiful city of Islamabad... but he also knew that she would be happier if he gets a bigger piece of “Farm land" where she can have a life full of Life of her own!

Therefore, he opted to go half an hour outside the city limits of Islamabad (but still within the Capital territory) to a place called Tumair. Though it was distant, she loved his move.


The 20 kanal land already had a chicken poultry SHED upon it. (Measuring 100’x30’)… This became an interesting Design challenge for him.. He had to have a contemporary style of living but with a “Country” flavoured of Design. The answer lied in “adaptive re-use”. He had to have a connection of his life with Nature.


He had to provide “wheelchair walkways” throughout the farm land so that his mother can re-live her childhood time spent on a similar farm somewhere else... He planted trees of choice, plants of color and fragrance, brought in chirping birds, and swimming Ducks, Etc... All that is a part of Country Living... 25 years down the branch of Life, Now in 2021, BANJAEGE went to his abode and tried to capture a small essence of his Country Home...

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