A very warm Client and family, where their ancestral home had to be demolished, but the two precious wooden cores (ARA and NIRA in Malayalam) had to be kept intact. This is where we learnt nuances and details of traditional Kerala carpentry a heritage and line of knowledge so rich we have to preserve it by any means. The ceiling of the Ara and Nira, cantilevered in wood and carved in intricate details, was repaired by taking down each piece like a jigsaw puzzle, numbered and arranged on the floor. The Ara even had a basement floor which could be connected into a home theatre room. The next Ara had only the function of being a Pooja room. The volumes of the house were determined by the heights of the two Aras.