The Yercaud, Nature's boutique resort in the Shevaroy range of hills near Salem city. Yercaud is a Hill station close to Bangalore and on top of Salem city in Tamilnadu. It is amidst the Eastern ghats of hills. This Resort is designed in the 147 acres of Coffee Estate in Yercaud. Around 62 luxury cottages with spacious clubhouse housing restaurants, Health club, Spa, Swimming pools, Banquet halls, etc., are designed over the contours of the coffee estate to provide a luxurious and comfortable stay for the visitors. The Resort is designed on the principles of Green building.
The Cottages are designed to tread lightly on the ground, raised on stilts to get the advantage of the view and making the construction more faster and efficient in the terrain land. The existing contours are used such that each cottage has the advantage of the view. the sloping roof points the view towards the sky and shevaroy hills surrounding it with very pleasant weather which is best utilized from the overlooking balconies of each cottage.
Each cottage comes with a living area, kitchenette, sleeping area, washroom, sleeping area and balconies overlooking the natural beauty of the surrounding hills, sky, trees. The inclined steel supports the floating floor, roof. The walls are constructed using steel frames with cement fibre boards on both sides with thermal insulation sandwiched. The sloped roofing is with cement board with insulation and covered on top with Bitumen shingles. The materials used are certified by the Green building council. The entire resort has been designed to tread lightly on the earth and not disturb the ecology of the place.

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Holiday resort built in 140 acres of Coffee estate. The Cottages are built on stilts using Galvanized steel supports with Cement fibre boards on both sides with thermal insulation. Roof with cement boards and insulation in between with bitumen shingles on the top.

Principal Architect: Ar. Bharathi Premkumar
Structural Engineer: Rajath
Project Co-ordinator: Raj

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