This project envisions a 12.5-acre eco-resort and private forest reserve dedicated to rewilding and restoring wildlife corridors within a highly sensitive landscape. The client’s vision for ‘Somewhere’ was to create a tranquil sanctuary for both wildlife and visitors, encouraging coexistence, quiet reverence, and slow exploration guided by the rhythms of the forest.

The site presented several challenges, including degraded land, active erosion, limited accessibility due to surrounding forests, and frequent elephant movement through the area.

The master plan responds by concentrating human habitation within a protected, fenced zone (Zones 0 and 1), while allowing the majority of the land to remain dedicated to wild zones (Zones 4 and 5). Natural topography and existing water flows were used to shape a network of interconnected wetlands, streams, ponds, and basins. Outside the habitation zone, carefully placed trails, treehouses, and viewing decks enable immersive yet low-impact wildlife observation.

The habitation zone houses luxury cottages, kitchen and dining facilities, staff and service areas, dormitories, and the owner’s cottage. These built spaces are supported by a layered landscape of seasonal water bodies, cottage-side ponds, courtyards, seating areas, pathways, and living fences that provide privacy while remaining ecologically sensitive.