Perched amidst the luscious hills and tea plantations of Haputale, The Haputale Villa sits on a terrain plot concealed within the boulders and tropical forests of the country. Harmoniously blending with nature, the building is layered with unifying links and access between minimalist rectangular volumes of spaces.

Strategically placed along the main axis, the elevated entrance of the lobby is designed to have framed views towards the mountain ranges.

Taken through the expansive central lobby space, one is greeted with a vast lap pool designed to provide a sense of serenity to the adjacent living spaces. A feeling of lightness is created by several methods: the organization of outdoor timber decks, passages with minimal columns across the villa, and panoramic windows. Hence, the main living and dining were made to be simple and concise with undisrupted views towards the forested setting.

Four spaciously designed suites are distributed along the longitudinal axis of the villa adjoining the 2 lap pools each with private viewing decks that extends into the forest. This placement enhances the bedrooms’ access point and frames the exterior, enabling an interplay of light and shadows of the luxuriant foliage.

To emulate the villa to the landscape, earthy colour tones were used for the interior to compliment the greenery that surrounds it. The natural timber fluted panels used in the bedroom with light speckled finished terrazzo flooring in the interior, and walnut-stained timber decks act as transitional links merging between the built and the landscape.

Arched openings ornate the passageways and control the infiltration of light into spaces, combining the rustic and sophisticated, generating an outlook that is both unique and delicate.

The serene atmosphere and lack of intrusiveness have been achieved by sensitive architectural techniques, proposing an intimate yet open and inviting retreat; obscured by the greenery of the context maintaining the fragile aura of light and tranquility of Haputale.