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Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design

The site hidden among mature trees with breezes blowing transversely across the site. Main object of this house design is to build a contemporary home that prioritized environmental coolness as a consistent attribute and to be able to enjoy the luscious tropical surroundings.

Continuous House Form of  Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Hidden Site Among Mature Trees of Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Second Storey Pavilion in Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Minimalist Spiral Staircase in Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
Light Ceiling on Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design
First Storey Koi Pond in Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architecture + Design

Refer to the concept, main living room and study were located in a pavilion on the second storey. It intended to maintain the environment surrounding and stretch the potential for visual depth and distance. A spiral staircase within the entrance foyer connecting to pavilion above. A dark reflecting pond surrounds the pavilion which assists in refining the experience of serene isolation and privacy and frames. The pond also functioned as thermal insulator for the dining, bedrooms and family spaces underneath from solar heat gain. In the same way, the water body above also helps to regulate temperature swings within the house.

On the first storey, the residential and service functions of the house are delineated by a long continuous light and air well that is paralleled below by a similarly long and continuous koi pond. The pathway running along-side the pond that leads to the bedrooms hides the substantial service areas which are beyond the pathway wall. As with the second storey pond, the air well and first storey koi pond is also designed to facilitate in micro-cooling the first storey rooms and spaces.

Architects : Wallflower Architecture + Design
Location : Bukit Timah, Singapore

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This entry was posted on Saturday, April 10th, 2010 at 8:32 am and is filed under Contemporary House Design. Tags: architectural design, contemporary house, contemporary house designs, continuous light, koi pond design, minimalist architecture, Pavilion, pavillion, pond, spiral stair, thermal insulator, tropical house, Wallflower Architecture, wallflower Architecture + Design, water architecture, water body in house, water-cooled house
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