Enclosed Open House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Posted: January 18th, 2010 | Author: materialist | Filed under: ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION, INTERIOR ACCESSORIES, INTERIOR DESIGN, INTERIOR, PHOTOGRAPHY, STYLE | Tags: ARCHITECTURE, Cecil Chee, House, open, Robin Tan, Sean Zheng, Wallflower, Wallflower Architecture + Design | No Comments »Enclosed Open House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Architecture firm: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Website: www.wallflower.com.sg
Design Team: Robin Tan, Cecil Chee & Sean Zheng
Project Location: Singapore
Project Completed: Mar 2009
Singapore architect, Wallflower Architecture + Design creates innovative architectural spaces amidst urban density.
The owners wanted a spacious, contemporary house that would be as open as possible but without compromising security and privacy at the same time. Surrounded by neighbours on four sides, the solution is a fully fenced compound with a spatial program that internalizes spaces such as pools and gardens normally regarded as external to the envelope of the house. By zoning spaces such as the bedrooms and servants’ quarters on alternative levels, i.e. 2nd storey and basement levels, the ground plane is freed from walls that would have been required if public and private programs were interlaced on the same plane. The see-through volumes allow a continuous, uninterrupted 40m view, from the entrance foyer and pool, through the formal living area to the internal garden courtyard and formal dining area in the second volume. All these spaces are perceived to be within the built enclosure of the house.
The environmental transparencies at ground level and between courtyards are important in passively cooling the house. All the courtyards have differing material finishes and therefore differing heat gain and latency (water, grass, water, granite). As long as there are temperature differences between courtyards, the living, dining, and pool house become conduits for breezes that move in between the courtyards, very much like how land and sea breezes are generated. At the second storey, solid hardwood louvers that can be adjusted by hand allow the desired amount of breeze and sunlight to filter through.
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