We are hiring
GoodEarth is hiring architects at two levels, 0–2 and 2–4 years of experience, to design
and build at Saarang, our eco-village in Peravoor, Kannur.

About GoodEarth and Saarang
GoodEarth has been building the other way for more than 30 years. It began in the late
1980s as a band of architects, engineers, craftspeople and naturalists, inspired by Laurie
Baker, Gandhi and Masanobu Fukuoka. Its work now includes Malhar eco-village in
Bengaluru (60+ acres, 700+ families), with teams in Bengaluru, Kochi and Calicut.
Here the mason and the carpenter sit at the same table as the architect. Ideas get drawn,
tested on site, argued over, and built better.
Saarang is GoodEarth's first holistic eco-village: 27 acres in the foothills of Puralimala, in
the Western Ghats. Fifteen acres of homes and twelve acres of food forest, growing on
what used to be a rubber plantation. Birdwing Farmstay is already up, and current homes are
rising in brick, laterite and clay tile. The next ones need you.

What you'll do
• You'll take buildings from first sketch to finished wall,



and stay for all the messy, glorious

bits in between.
• Design homes and community buildings at Saarang: site study, concepts, working

drawings, details.
• Build them. Be on site most days with masons, carpenters and engineers. This is where

your detail meets reality, and reality has opinions.
• Work with the land: contours, water, trees, light and the monsoon, which always gets a

vote.
• Use what's local: laterite, brick, clay tile, timber.
• Keep it moving: drawings, quantities, schedules and quality checks, the unglamorous

stuff that gets buildings finished.
• Iterate with families and craftspeople until the idea is right, not just done.

Who we’re looking for

At both levels:
• You're fluent in AutoCAD and SketchUp (or similar), and still happy to sketch by hand.
• You care about climate-responsive, low-impact building and want to get better at it.
• You're up for living and working in Peravoor, Kann

📌 Architect (Kannur)
🏢 GoodEarth - Building Sustainable Communities
📍 Kannur