This private residence is conceived as a model of sustainable design and a re-interpretation of a traditional Chinese courtyard house.

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Architects: Tsao & McKown Architects

Location: Singapore

Architect In Charge: Tsao & McKown Architects

Area: 989.93 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Richard Bryant

Contractor: Daiya Engineering and Construction PTE LTD

Local Architect: Metaphor Design + Architecture

Landscape Architect: BHN Architecture PTE LTD

Structural Engineer: Web Structures

Consulting Engineer M/E/P: WSP Ng PTE

Green Mark Consultant: Web Earth
Green Consultant: Dr Nirmal Kishnani, Atelier MNN

Lighting Consultant: WALD Studio, LLC

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From the architect. This private residence is conceived as a model of sustainable design and a re-interpretation of a traditional Chinese courtyard house.

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Underground Level Plan

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The design divides different programmatic requirements (residential spaces for the owners and their extended family, office spaces, and entertaining areas) into separate branches connected by an open-air two-story atrium. These branches can be shut down indep...