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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. S11 House in Selangor, Malaysia by ArchiCentreFebruary 6th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ArchiCentre The S11 house is located in an established older suburb of Petaling Jaya. The existing old house on the site was built in the early 1960’s and had become dilapidated and run-down over the years. A new green tropical house was planned for the site and conceptualized along the lines of a tree. The large tree canopy would cover and shelter the living spaces underneath it. The S11 House was designed to achieve the highest level Platinum rating of Malaysia’s Green Building Index (GBI).  View of house from pool : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho
 Cable strung green wall and camouflage to east and west walls : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho Three very old and sculptural frangipanis, a large star-fruit and a coconut palm tree. All these were retained and the new house was set in the midst of them. Much of the demolished old house materials were re-used. Old crushed concrete roof tiles for gravel fill, old clay bricks were cleaned and re-used for feature walls, roofing timbers were used for form work strutting and propping, old steel were all sold off to steel yards, crushed concrete and cement aprons were re-used for back filling aggregate.  Dining Room with daylighting panel : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho The S11 house has a clear north-south orientation for all its openings and windows. The east and west walls were deliberately void of any significant glazed openings and were constructed of better insulated aerated light weight concrete blocks. In addition they were coated in heat reflecting paint in camouflage motif and also shaded by a wire netting screen wall of fruit and vegetable climbers.  Family Room – Study : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho These would help to reduce much of the heat gain through the east and west walls. The large tree-like canopy roof is constructed of lightweight recyclable profiled steel metal sheets coated in a light off-white colour to minimize heat absorption. The roof insulation comprises 200mm thick 50kg/m3 rockwool and two layers of heat reflective foil. A 200mm thick ventilated air space is left between the metal ceiling lining and the rockwool to further improve heat insulation. The overall roof U value is an impressive 0.14. The glazing comprises 9.38mm thick low-E safety laminated glass with a 90% openable area. The overall building envelope OTTV is 29.63.  Family room with tall space and library in attic fully cross ventilated to other side : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho A specially designed wind turbine combined with a steel framed glazed pyramid provides the house with “stack effect” ventilation and light pipes. These 15 numbers of turbines are driven both by wind as well as convection when the air within the glass pyramids heat up as a result of the greenhouse effect. A 3 degree differential is enough to spin the turbines by convection.  Formal living looking to the kitchen : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho The large canopy roof is pitched at 5 degrees to facilitate self cleaning of roofing material and solar panels. A 5 KW peak photovoltaic installation is mounted unto the large canopy roof and the generated electricity is sold back into the national electric grid. The solar hot water heaters are also located on the large roof area.  Galleria Corridor : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho These are aligned in series for sedimentation control and the water from the last tank is used for all the toilet flushing, gardening and car washing requirements. All the tap fittings and sanitary wares have water saving and reduction valves. The majority of the house has bare natural finishes – raw off-form concrete walls and ceilings, cement plastered walls without paint and natural fair-faced common red clay brickwork.  Kitchen and breakfast area : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho Stonework for bathrooms, driveway and Ground Floor living areas all come from project rejects. The timber flooring and upper decks are all Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified whilst the ground floor decking timbers are old recycled chengal collected over many years. Limited surfaces are painted with Low VOC paints. All internal joinery work has low VOC content and also water based glues.  Living Room : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho The 1m X 1m modular book shelves are all made from recycled waste plywood off-cuts with low VOC coatings and water based glues. The modules are stackable and can be relocated with ease in the boot of a car. The double volume Family room is located on the first floor and the 7m high full sliding glass walls facilitate maximum cross ventilation whilst also opening up the entire internal living space unto the outdoor deck. Lighting for the house are predominantly energy saving T5 tubes, LEDs and compact fluorescents. The house has full home office capability with Cat5 fibre-optics and broadband connections.  Old starfruit tree protects from western sun : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho The swimming pool and koi pond are located at the two extreme north-south ends and provide evaporative cooling for the house. Blackwater is treated in the onsite sewerage treatment plant and the recycled water is used for garden irrigation. A composting yard treats all the household organic and garden wastes and provides high grade compost fertilizer for the vegetable and fruit gardens. All new trees and plants are tropical natives that are generally maintenance free and suitable for the Malaysian climate. The S11 house is Malaysia’s first GBI Platinum (DA) rated building and has won the Gold medal in the Edge-PAM Green Home Award 2011.  Outdoor dining – Recycled bricks, old timbers and chairs : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  Roof rain garden courtyard : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  Room looking out to pool and gardens with light or wind turbinse tubes and FSC timber : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  Solar PV array, light and vent tubes 2 : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  Staircase that acts as lightwell : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  Study with recycled plywood shelves and FSC timber floor : Image Courtesy © Lin Ho  1F : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre  BASEMENT : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre  FRONT ELEVATION : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre  GF : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre  LEFT ELEVATION : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre  M&E FLOOR : Image Courtesy ArchiCentre
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