UNTITLED #1 is an Addition and Alteration (A&A) to an original pitched-roof corner terrace house, nestled in a neighborhood consisting of an eclectic mix of single storey houses and mid-rise apartments.
The front facade is given a facelift via the introduction of a large window stretching across 2 storeys and a new terrace, encased in full height sliding mesh panels, hovering above the car porch.
The new rear ‘extension’ is a structure rising above the original house to complement its taller neighbors in scale and form.
The original house is separated from the new ‘extension’ by a ‘gap’.
The ‘gap’ is a courtyard bringing ample light and ventilation to the Kitchen within the new ‘extension’.
Visual transparency within the house on the 1st Storey allows unobstructed views from the kitchen to the main door and garden beyond.
On the 2nd Storey, the courtyard provides visual relief to the Master Bedroom (within the Original House) and the new ‘extension’ shields this space from visual intrusions from its taller neighbors.
The Link-bridge, flanked by adjustable glass louvres natural daylight and ventilation, connects the original house to the new rear extension.
Crossing the link-bridge, one arrives at the bright and voluminous Study.
Within the Study is a cozy Loft, tucked away on the mezzanine level of the double volume space.
Random openings, of various shapes and sizes, look out to its surroundings.
Another large window is strategically placed to frame a majestic palm tree within the neighbour’s plot behind, borrowing a view towards the shared communal garden of the condominium development.
Within the existing house, larger fenestrations are introduced to maximize daylight and natural ventilation.
Reflective surfaces within the interiors strive to bring the greenery from the adjacent decked terrace into the living spaces.
Full height sliding glass doors running across the length of the living and dining rooms replaced the casement windows of the existing house.
The segregation between the interiors and the outdoors that existed in the old house dissolves away by opening up the living and dining rooms towards the outdoor deck.
A simple and understated frontage hides…
…a tower-like structure at its rear. The front and rear additions that sandwich the existing house in the middle have always been conceptually conceived to revitalize the old, both programmatically and visually.
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UNTITLED #1 is an Addition and Alteration (A&A) to an original pitched-roof corner terrace house, nested in a neighborhood consisting of an eclectic mix of single-storey houses and mid-rise apartments.
Cost-benefit analysis resulted in the decision to keep the original house and build a new rear extension, maximized to its allowable building height and set-back requirements.
The result is a tower-like structure rising above the original house to complement its taller neighbors in scale and form. Random openings, of various shapes and sizes, look out to its surroundings and obscure the reading of a 2-storey rear extension with a loft.
