4/22/2023 0 Comments Designing a home office![]() ![]() ![]() The previous house was built in the style of the British colonial bungalow, with hybrid elements of traditional Malay houses such as deep roof eaves for rain sheltering, as well as Victorian details. For this private residence commission, we are given a set of unique requests by the client: the new house constructed in place of the previous one should accommodate all three siblings, who as adults have outgrown their shared house it should include a small memorial space in the form of a garden for their late mother lastly, the new construction should retain the memory of the pitched-roof form, a defining feature of their childhood home. To live under the same roof means to live together, and this metaphor is the nexus that ties the notion of community, especially in an intimate context, to the form crafted for this project. ![]() The traditional Chinese courtyard house or siheyuan is a typology well-known for its illustration of Confucian ideals, accommodating extended family units wherein many generations live under one roof. ![]()
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