A small hut like addition of 1,560 square feet (145 square meters) to an existing landed residential property in the Holland Village neighbourhood of Singapore is composed of a folded aluminium veil textured across the horizontal surface. This screen, set proud to the structural wall 10-inches (250-millimeters) mitigates thermal heat gain while producing a delightful pattern of light and shadow. The pattern across the façade is stretched along the horizontal axis, and stacked in three patterns, denying the normative conventions of scale to the two-storey object. Windows behind the veil are positioned to differing alignments and sizes, reinforcing a play of position and scale to undermine any registration of floor positions about the volume.
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Design: Pencil Office

Location: Singapore

Designer: Erik G. L?Heureux AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Structural Engineer: KKC Consultancy Services

Architect Of Record: AKDA Architects

Area: 232.34 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Courtesy of Pencil Office

Design Team: Chua Gong Yao, Patricia Chia

Contractor: CHH Construction System

Landscape: Pencil Office

M&E : MTech

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A small hut like addition of 1,560 square feet (145 square meters) t...