Article source: RAD+ar

Bernaung means the act of sheltering, the very DNA that was imprinted within tropical belt inhabitant, long before we embraced the concept of a house. The name emphasizes of how easy it were to live in tropics, that reaching sustainability is nothing but to achieve comfort with the least energy required.

Design was to rearrange all of user’s activity during the day, and cycle it into as a loop within a giant roof hovering above it. Atrium as the center of the houses acted both as visual direction and wind chimney to ensure cross and stacked effect for natural ventilation.

Image Courtesy © William Sutanto

• Architects: RAD+ar
• Project: Bernaung House
• Location: Tanggerang, Indonesia
• Photography: William Sutanto
• Lead Architects: Antonius Richard
  
• Gross Built Area (m²/ ft²): 400m2
  
• Completion Year: 2022

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