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Enclosed Open House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
The client’s desire for the home to have a perception of substantial private space has resulted in the development of 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 site is approximately 25m wide by 48m deep, and because of the intermingling of internal gardens and column-free vistas, there is a continuous and unbroken visual depth of 40m that ties together the entrance foyer, swimming pool, formal living area, internal garden court and formal dining areas.
Environmentally, the contiguous and interconnected space encourage the slightest breezes, whether they are prevailing and therefore air-movement is horizontal, or convectionally circulated, which the courtyards help generate. For the owner, it is the experiential serenity that unencumbered space, a gentle breeze, dappled sunlight and the hush of water rippling on a pond that is priceless in our dense and busy urbanscape.
Enclosed Open House, Six Ramsgate, Singapore, by Wallflower Architecture + Design Photography: Albert Lim
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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September 12th, 2009 at 10:48 am
nice concept…
love it!
thanks for sharing!
March 10th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Great pictures!
I especially like the open plan and how the external environment is brought so close and intimate within the interiors of the house.
Thanks!