Four Degree North | Penthouse Residence

Overview

A Home That Refuses to Leave the Ground

Elevated above the commercial world below, the Abhilash Joseph penthouse by Common Ground Architecture performs a quiet act of defiance—insisting on earth, memory, and sky. Occupying the topmost floor of a mixed-use building in Malaparambu, the residence is designed as a Kerala home, warm, green, and unhurried, that simply happens to be in the sky.

Our documentation captures this elevated shelter. A long glass corridor is bordered by a terrace garden pressing its tropical Heliconia and creeping plants against the glass. At its heart, the pitched wooden ceiling recalls the sloped, timber-lined roofscapes of Kerala domestic vernacular, translated upward without irony.

ArchitectCommon Ground Architecture

LocationMalaparambu, Kerala

ServiceDocument — Photography & Process

TypologyRooftop Penthouse & Terrace Garden

Year2025

Penthouse Residence - Terrace Garden — Terrace garden — tropical plants and grass lawn pressing against the open sky.

Penthouse Residence - Stone Wall — Material detail — rough-faced stone wall anchoring the interior space.

Penthouse Residence - Timber Ceiling — Woodcraft — timber-lined roof details and structural ceiling junctions.

Penthouse Residence - Glass Corridor — Glass corridor — warm flooring and linen curtains diffusing afternoon light.

Penthouse Residence - Stone Basin — Bathroom interface — dark stone basin bringing depth and geological texture.

Penthouse Residence - Rattan Detail — Living spaces — rattan and teak furniture arranged under the timber roof.

Not a penthouse in the sense of urban luxury but a Kerala home, warm and green and unhurried, that simply happens to be in the sky.

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