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COVER STORY
Orange County hosts a range of activities, themed around Coorg’s
unique geography and culture. Coorg presents the perfect
weather and opportunity to discover the naturalist in you.
The private pool villas at both
Orange County properties
are so marvelous and
breathtaking that we
decided it needed its own
‘private’ section. Private
pool villas are becoming more and more
popular in India and for good reason.
What better way to escape than swim in
your own private pool? As Mr. George T.
Ramapuram, Managing Director of Orange
Country Resorts explains, “The private
pool villa is inspired by ethnic Kodava
architecture and aims to offer the ultimate
in luxurious seclusion, offering you the
privilege of your very own
personal swimming pool and a
lovely pool view from two
spectacular sit-outs!”
Luck was on our side as
we were able to contact
the pool builder who
designed and constructed
the various pools found at
BEHIND THE
SCENES
Imperial
Pools
Part II
each resort and discuss the Orange
County pool projects at length. Imperial
Pools was chosen to design and construct
all the swimming pools and jacuzzis for
both resorts (except for 3 pools already
built). Prashanth Prabhu, the owner of
Imperial Pools, shares his design
philosophy and project challenges
exclusively with WAVES.
Imperially Designed
“Firstly, I consider myself fortunate to have
been given a free hand in designing the
pools by the MD of OCR - Mr.George
Ramapuram who is an excellent architect
himself and a very knowledgeable
person with whom I share a
great relationship with over the
past few years.” Mr. Prashanth
further elaborates, “The pool
design had to gel with the
rest of the architecture
which is rustic in both the
projects. Even though each
cottage is very large and spacious the pool
could not take up too much space as ample
area had to be provided for soft scaping.”
Imperial Pools masterfully created a
serene and tranquil getaway for each
private villa. Still, there were challenges to
overcome during the construction phase.
“We had challenges with an extremely
compact plant room, earth settlements, etc
but my team and I have enjoyed working
on each and every pool,” Mr. Prashanth
remembers. He looks forward to the next
resort project from Orange County and
so do we.
Pool Trends on the
Horizon
Mr. Prashanth shared his thoughts
behind recent pool trends and waterscape
designs. He explains, “With almost
every major pool manufacturer showing
interest in the Indian pool industry, the
range of equipments now available in
India is very much the same as the rest
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