The Bridge house is a habitable bridge in Karjat, Maharashtra.
It is a suspension bridge spanning 100 feet over 2 streams ,constituting of four hyperbolic parabolas, with minimal steel pipe and tendons to give tensile strength and thatch with mud to give compressive strength.
The thatch layer inspired by the scales of a pangolin, providing thermal insulation and effective cooling also allowed us to push for a long-span, lightweight structure with just 4 footings, ensuring very less intrusion into the natural contour of the land. The mud plaster layer ensures that rodents or pests don’t burrow their way inside the dwelling (the prime reason for thatch roofs falling out of favour ) and added compressive strength to further stabilize the structure in the absence of a vertical suspension pillar.