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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. #5 in Frankel Ave, Singapore by Studio Wills + ArchitectsJanuary 8th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Studio Wills + Architects The brief requirement for #5 was a house maximized to the permissible building volume stipulated by planning requirements, a lap pool and a standard schedule of accommodation of Living, Dining, 6 rooms and support facilities.  #5 was a study in the making of tropical living spaces, in a dense urban environment, that is at once open yet private, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT
 A shift of 1 meter back to the 2m building set-back line, in the upper levels, to regain the otherwise reduced building footprint resulted in the Strategy of GAPS, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT The site faces a major thoroughfare, is flat and non-descript. Maximized to its permissible building volume, this can be a potentially over-sized house for a family of 4 (parents and teenage daughters) and their 2 helpers. The strategy of fragmentation was thus adopted to fragmentize the volume into comprehensible parts.  Titling the roof planes away from the western sun resulted in 4 clerestory windows which brings light deep into the interior, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Light from 1st clerestory window reaches the Family Area at Attic Level, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT In order to accommodate a sizeable lap pool of 3 meter width along the side garden, the building had to be set-back by an additional 1 meter beyond the 2m building set-back line. This was considered to be undesirable due to the reduced building foot-print. Resolution was found by a shift of 1 meter back to the 2m building set-back line, in the upper levels, to regain the otherwise reduced building footprint.  Light from 2nd clerestory window reaches the Stair Core, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Light reaches all the way to the lowest level, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT This strategy was adopted in the making of the PLANS, SECTIONS and ELEVATIONS resulting in multiple ‘gaps’, between wall and roof planes, for light and ventilation. Roof planes were further tilted away from the western sun in order to shelter the interior spaces from the tropical heat and look to the distant whilst escaping the prying eyes of its immediate neighbors.  One arrives at the Attic Level, beyond which is the Family Area and Outdoor Terrace with commanding view of entire estate, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Leaving behind the Family Area, one crosses the link-bridge to the Dance Studio. On the left is the double-volume Gallery bathed with natural light and on the right, a double-volume Indoor Terrace below, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT Shades of grey, contrasting materials and textures and lighting quality were appointed across the entire section of the building to accentuate the fragments and heightens one’s experience of the entire house which oscillates between light and shade, open and enclosed, expansive and compressive spatial qualities. #5 was a study in the making of tropical living spaces, in a dense urban environment, that is at once open yet private.  This double-volume Indoor Terrace, nested in the center of the house, is the ‘Heart’ of the private zone on the 2nd storey and attic level, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Above the Indoor Terrace is the Dance Studio, on the attic level, illuminated by the 3rd clerestory window, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  The opacity of the house, perceived in the day, belies the transparency of the house as the sun sets, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  At night, lighting from within the interior sips through the GAPS and interior spaces, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Sliding doors completely housed within a ‘pocket’ in the wall allows the connection to the Side Garden which the Dining illuminates, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  The 3m wide lap pool that lines the Living provides a serene back-drop. Beyond the Living is the Entrance Patio and Car-porch, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  As the sun sets, lighting from within the interior sips through the GAPS between roof and wall planes, Image Courtesy © BETON BRUT  Roof planes were tilted away from the western sun, in order to shelter the interior spaces from the tropical heat, receive the morning sun and look to the distant whilst escaping the prying eyes of its immediate neighbours, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  The brief requirement for #5 was a house maximized to the permissible building volume stipulated by planning requirements, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  To accommodate a lap pool of 3 meter width along the side garden, the building had to be set-back by an additional 1 meter beyond the 2m building set-back line resulting in a reduced building foot-print, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Resulting in multiple ‘gaps’, between wall and roof planes, for light and ventilation, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Dark grey was painted on 4 ’shells’ to minimize glare (Daylight Reflectance) on its immediate neighbours, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Light grey was painted on the other surfaces to accentuate the dark grey ‘shells’ and spatial layering through the house, Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects  Image Courtesy © Studio Wills + Architects
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