CoHabitat
Sector
Private Residential
Location
Holland Grove View, Singapore
Year
2020-2021
Valerie Wong
The client is a large family of 5. The parents wanted a house that creates opportunities for them to spend quality family time with their children and their mother/mother-in-law.
Design Intent
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This is a house that explores the use of binary opposites to help in spatial arrangement of family and personal spaces to contribute to effective family boding.
Typically, living room is the first room
after the entrance in a conventional
house layout. However, as the clients
of this house are both workhaholics, the office is placed as the first room after the entrance so that both the parents can put work behind them the moment they reach home.
Typically, the living room is the first
room after the entrance. However, since the clients in this brief are workhaholics,it is better to put the office as the first room after entrance so that the parents will be able to 'leave' their work behind upon entering, to spend time focusing on their family.
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As both of them loves to entertain guest, a large portion of the front
yard is dedicated to alfresco dining so that they can host guests over.
The second storey is only dedicated to
family rooms and private bedrooms.
This is to maximise family bonding between the members. There are huge voids cut out to increase visual
connectivity to people across storeys.
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All the private bedrooms away at the corners in isolation so that members can have their own personal space for emotional breaks. However, they are still linked by the family rooms in the centre so that they are isolated but not detached from the family.
The 3rd storey is the most private
level of the house, dedicated to both
working parents. It is a level of retreat
for them from work as well as the
children so that they can have a mental and physical break. When they are refreshed, they will be ready to
face the workload as well as the kids
in a better state which helps boosts
family bonding effectiveness.
Interior Perspective
The interior render shows the private bedroom versus the transparent family space where the kitchen, dining, and living room overlook into each other. The dining area is visible to people on the second storey from the void above.
Master Bedroom
Dining Room
