Trio Stack in Singapore by STUDIO WILLS + Architects

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TRIO STACK is a house sited on an elevated land and offers its occupants panoramic views of the estate and a distant view towards a natural reserve.

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• Architects: STUDIO WILLS + Architects
• Project: Trio Stack
• Location: Singapore
• Photography: Khoo GJ & Finbarr Fallon
• Project Team: Ng William,  Kho Keguang
• M&E Engineer: B S Ong Engineering Services
• Quantity Surveyor: 1MH & Associates
• Contractor: Eurobuild Pte Ltd
• Carpentry: Melcor Interiors Pte Ltd
• Landscape Supplier: Golden Hill Orchids
• Gross Floor Area: 850.53 sqm (Land Area: 576.10 sqm Plot ratio: 1.48)

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

A severe building set-back requirement imposed across the entire length of the site, stipulated by local planning authorities, drastically limited the buildable footprint. To regain the areas lost to the set-back requirements, the building stretches itself over the entire length of the site giving the illusion of a large building; This distorts the edges of a pristine box-like Concrete Band contextualizing the otherwise ubiquitous Modernist Box for an odd-shaped plot resulting in a folded viewing aperture for a Study at one end and a Courtyard above an Outdoor Room at the other end.

The Concrete Band provides ample shading for a Glass Box below it from the harsh tropical sun and supports a Pavilion-like Steel Box with viewing terraces above it; a trio stack of Glass Box, Concrete Band and Steel Box. A single pier wrapped in black bricks, containing the vertical circulation, binds the trio stack as one and gives the illusion of a single point of support; a sense of lightness for a site congested with houses.

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © Finbarr Fallon

Image Courtesy © Finbarr Fallon

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © Khoo GJ

Image Courtesy © STUDIO WILLS + Architects

Image Courtesy © STUDIO WILLS + Architects

Tags: Singapore

Categories: House, Residential

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