Nairobi. Kenya
Chestnut Groves is located off Lower Kabete Rd and in the Spring Valley suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
Chestnut Groves is located off Lower Kabete Rd and in the Spring Valley suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr. Mehta was the Project Architect for a 4 acre housing complex. Hitesh surveyed and analyzed the site and helped design the master site plan with special emphasis on the preservation of existing trees and shrubs. This project provided luxurious town houses in 1989 (a first in Kenya) with common landscape amenities found in very few housing projects in Kenya. The main landscape feature was a central Swimming Pool, BBQ/Games Pavilion and a lawn that is easily accessible to all residents of the 10 units. This project was timely in that the growing needs and demands for such high-quality landscape elements had not been catered for previously in Nairobi.
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AWARDS:
1990 – AAK Award in Residential Category
“This is a collection of my life’s work featuring eco-designs of Ecolodges, Residential Houses; eco-planning of Sustainable Tourism Destinations and green designs of Office buildings and Cultural Centers. Browse this web-site and experience some of the most environmentally and socially friendly projects on the planet.” – Hitesh Mehta
