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An Ample House, Singapore Residence



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An Ample House in Singapore
29 Nov 2021
Architecture: Metre Architects
Location: Singapore, South East Asia

Seldom does one come across an owner who elects to have what is enough, as opposed to ?maximising? to the available envelope. The reconstruction of this semi-detached house is designed to address three requirements: privacy, adequacy, and permanence.

An Ample House is situated at a T-junction corner plot on elevated ground, privacy is undoubtedly a key concern. Adequacy of daylight and ventilation must be accorded to each room in this remodelling of a single-storey dwelling into a three-storey house.

An Ample House Adequacy must also be measured in terms of efficiency of maintenance, especially when the home-maker owner chooses not to have a domestic helper in the house. Perhaps the most uncommon requirement, especially in Singapore?s context, is that of permanence, where the owner decides not to see the house as a temporal commodity with resale value which mandates building to the maximum allowable floor area to optimize future returns, but simply as a permanent house to be lived in and enjoyed.

A project brief conveys the owner?s values, and the resultant design is a physical manifestation of these abstract values.

The house is stepped away from the party wall to front the street with small windows for privacy and reveal hidden terraces at the back with am...
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