Rammed earth
Layered earthen walls that breathe and cool.
MICASA
Signature Villa · MICASA, Kanakapura
The Floating Dwaraka
A home built around water, sky and silence.
Type One · A story older than the city
Inspired by the timeless Indian vision of living in harmony with nature, Floating Dwaraka is one of MICASA's signature farmhouse typologies — a sanctuary where architecture dissolves into the landscape, and every moment becomes an experience of peace, reflection and connection.
Built around a circle
A private water court, at its heart.
Much like the legendary city of Dwaraka, where life flourished alongside water, this circular residence embraces a tranquil pond at its centre — one that mirrors the sky and turns the courtyard into a quiet conversation between water, light and architecture.
The circular form symbolises completeness, unity and continuity. Every room stays visually and emotionally connected to the water court, so nature is never outside the window — it becomes part of daily living.
Made of the earth
Honest materials, handcrafted.
Warm, natural, and built to weather gracefully — every surface chosen to keep the home cool, rooted and timeless.
Clay-tiled roof
Handmade tiles that age into the landscape.
Timber
Warm structural and finish detail throughout.
Exposed brick
Honest masonry, laid by skilled hands.
The home, seen
From above
The living court
The veranda
Water · light · sky
The Roof
A day at Dwaraka
Lived around the water.
Dawn
Chanting by the water, before the world wakes
Mist rises off the courtyard pond as the first light slips through the open roof.
Morning
Coffee on the shaded veranda
The circle holds the cool air; birdsong carries across the still water.
Afternoon
Rain into the courtyard pond
Dragonflies skim the surface; the room and the garden become one.
Night
Moonlight, reflected in the pond
The water mirrors the sky, and the house seems to float in the dark.
A home that doesn't sit on the landscape, but gently floats within it.Where nature flows through every space
The home, in brief
- Typology
- Type One
Signature villa - Form
- Circular residence
- The heart
- Central water court, open to the sky
- Materials
- Rammed earth · clay tile · timber
- Approach
- Passive cooling · expansive glazing
Conceptual design · indicative, not to scale. Final configuration shared during a private preview.
