Completed in preparation for El Croquis 157, these drawings were designed to capture the integral relationship between the housing and the landscape, and were composed from existing base files, site photos, and notes. Documenting two projects, Leti 360 and Copperhouse II, each set of drawings strips the respective project down to its bare minimum while maintaining materiality, weight, and context.

:Bageshwar District, Northern India:

The first set of drawings are for Leti 360. Most pronounced, and common to each drawing, is how each building is embedded in the earth. The drawings try to ground the viewer just as the buildings try to ground the occupant. You are always aware of your relationship relative to the stepped plateau. In addition, differences in vegetation, from tall grasses to lonely trees, are drawing as simply and explicitly as possible, indicating their texture and highlighting their formal relationship in space to the units. In the section, the buildings and section mimic the layers of surrounding mountains.

:Chondi, Maharashtra, India:

The second set of drawings is for Copperhouse II. More traditional in their level of detail, these drawings give as little texture to the building as possible, allowing the lightness of the drawings to convey the lightness of the building. Just as the ground acts as a datum in the previous project and drawing set, the vegetation and surrounding environment act as the datum for CPHII. Using a somewhat non-traditional site grading strategy, there is significant sloping toward the building, creating a ring of saturated earth that allows hydrophilic plants to gravitate toward the building. The vegetation envelopes the building and the site, and the house emerges from the landscape in a way that parallels Leti 360, if only in spirit.