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ARCHITECTURE ASIA ISSUE 1 2019

the magazine of the architects regional council asia (arcasia), an international council of presidents of 21 national institutes of architects in the asian region

the aa team

arcasia office bearers 2017/2018

Lee Chor Wah, Ezumi Harzani Ismail, Tony Liew Voon Fun, Mohamad Pital Maarof, Dr Veronica Ng Foong Peng

PRESIDENT

ADVISORS

ZONE A VICE PRESIDENT

Tan Pei Ing, Dr Tan Loke Mun

Lalichan Zacharias

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ZONE B VICE PRESIDENT

Lee Chor Wah

Saifuddin Ahmad

PUBLISHING AGENCY TEAM

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Alex Choo, Candice Cherng, Lim Hong Meng, Anthony Lau

Wu Jiang

CORRESPONDING EDITORS

HONORARY SECRETARY

Zakia Rahman – Bangladesh (LAB), Wang Xiaojing – China (ASC), Chairman Of Media Resource & Publication Committee – Hong Kong (HKIA), Mukul Goyal – India (LIA), Andra Matin – Indonesia (LAI), Takayuki Matsuura – Japan (JIA), Cho In Souk – Korea (KIRA), Rui Leao – Macau (MAA), Lee Chor Wah – Malaysia (PAM), E Purev Erdene E Tuya – Mongolia (UMA), Bishnu Panthee – Nepal (SONA), Arshad Faruqui – Pakistan (LAP), Michael T Ang – Philippines (UAP), Ow Chin Cheow – Singapore (SIA), Prasanna Silva – Sri Lanka (SLIA), Veerachat (Jop) – Thailand (ASA), Nguyen Van Tat – Vietnam (VAA)

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House 11, Road 04, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh T+880 2 8624664 / +880 2 8624665 F +880 2 9615451 E mail@iab.com.bd W www.iab.com.bd President: Jalal Ahmed

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BHUTAN THE BHUTAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (BIA)

Post box 233 Thimphu, Bhutan T +975 1794 6075 F +975 232 1285 W www.bhutanarchitects.org President: Dorji Yangki

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INDONESIA INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (IAI)

Jakarta Design Centre (JDC) Lt.7, Jalan Gatot Subroto Kav. 53, Slipi, Jakarta 10260 Indonesia T +62 21 5304715 / 21 5304623 F +62 21 5304722 E sekretariat@iai.or.id W www.iai.or.id President: Ahmad Djuhara

PERTUBUHAN UKUR JURUTERA & ARKITEK (BRUNEI) (PUJA)

Unit 3, 2nd Floor, Block B9, Simpang 32-66, Kampong Anggerek Desa, Berakas, BB3713, Negara Brunei Darussalam T/F +673 2384021 E web.pujaacademy@gmail.com W www.puja-brunei.org President: Siti Rozaimeriyanty

UAP National Headquarters Building, 53 Scout Rallos Street, Diliman, Quezon City 1103, Philippines T +63 2 4126403 / 4126364 / 4120051 F +63 2 3721796 E uapnational@gmail.com / uap@united-architects.org W www.united-architects.org President: Benjamin K Panganiban

MALAYSIA MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (PAM)

PAM Centre, 99L, Jalan Tandok, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia T +603 2202 2866 F +603 2202 2566 E info@pam.org.my W www.pam.org.my President: Ezumi Harzani Ismail

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (SIA)

79B Neil Road, Singapore 088904 T +65 6226 2668 F +65 6226 2663 E info@sia.org.sg W www.sia.org.sg President: Seah Chee Huang

MONGOLIA JAPAN THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (JIA)

JIA-Kan 2-3-18 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150 0001, Japan T +81 3 3408 7125 F +81 3 3408 7129 E jiacontact@jia.or.jp W www.jia.or.jp President: Masaharu Rokushika

THE UNION OF MONGOLIAN ARCHITECTS (UMA)

Ulaanbaatar City, Sukhbaatar District, 8 Choro, Bulgaria Street 27, Mongolia T +976 11 324072 F +976 11 321808 E uma_gc@magicnet.mn W www.uma.org.mn President: Khurelbaatar Erdenesaikhan

SRI LANKA SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (SLIA)

120/7, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka T +94 11 2697109 / 11 2691710 F +94 11 2682757 E secretariat@slia.info / secretariat3@slia.info W www.slia.lk President: Daya Hemantha Wijewardane

CHINA MYANMAR

THE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY OF CHINA (ASC)

No. 9, Sanlihe Road, Beijing, China 100835 T +86 10 8808 2237 F +86 10 8808 2222 E zgjzxhzhb@126.com / ascbianji@126.com W www.chinaasc.org President: Xiu Long

HONG KONG THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (HKIA)

19/F, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong T +852 2511 6323 F +852 2519 6011 / 2519 3364 E info@hkia.net / hkiasec@hkia.org.hk W www.hkia.net President: Felix Li Kwok Hing

ASSOCIATION OF MYANMAR ARCHITECTS (AMA)

KOREA KOREA INSTITUTE OF REGISTERED ARCHITECTS (KIRA)

317, Hyoryeong-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-877 Republic of Korea T +82 2 3415 6800 F +82 2 3415 6898 9 E secretary@kira.or.kr W www.kira.or.kr President: Seok Jung Hoon

No. 228-234, 3rd Floor, Bogyoke Aung San Road, Department of Urban and Housing Development Building, Botahtaung Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar T +959 782 120 549 / 265 465 884 E amarchitects2001@gmail.com W www.mac.org.mm President: Sun Oo

THAILAND THE ASSOCIATION OF SIAMESE ARCHITECTS UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE (ASA)

248/1 Soi Soonvijai 4, Rama IX Road, Bangkapi, Huay Kwang, Bangkok, 10310 Thailand T +662 319 6555 ext 121 F +662 319 6419 E asaisaoffice@gmail.com W www.asa.or.th President: Ajaphol Dusitnanond

NEPAL LAOS ASSOCIATION OF LAO ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS (ALACE)

Asian Road T2, House No 226, Unit 18, Ban Sisavath Chanthaboury District, PO BOX No 8806, Vientiane Capital, Laos T +856 21 260530 F +856 21 264736 E info@alace.org.la W www.alace.org.la President: Phonexay Southiphong

THE SOCIETY OF NEPALESE ARCHITECTS (SONA)

Junga Hem Hiranya Complex, Kalmochan, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal T/F +977 1 4262252 E sona2047@gmail.com W www.sona.org.np President: Suman N Vaidya

PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS PAKISTAN (IAP)

IAP House, ST-1/A, Block 2, Kehkashan Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan T +9221 35879335 F +9221 35879335 E info@iap.com.pk W www.iap.com.pk President: Arif Changezi

VIETNAM VIETNAM ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS (VAA)

40 Tang Bat Ho Street, Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam T +844 3936 0755 F +844 3934 9240 E hoiktsvn@kienviet.net W www.kienviet.net President: Nguyen Tan Van

editor’s message

A LOVE TRIANGLE IN ARCHITECTURE In architecture schools, students are often challenged to express three things in their design projects, especially when it comes to houses. Firstly, who the clients are, as in the special characteristics or lifestyles of the clients. Secondly, what the site is, i.e. the special characteristics of the context such as the topography, climate, site features and social customs of the community, and lastly, some aspects of the students’ personal beliefs about architecture, i.e. their philosophies on architecture. Sadly however, many students prefer to search the Internet, magazines and books for unique house designs, or houses with extraordinary shapes, that bear no relationship with their clients, the site, nor their own attitudes on architecture, rather than dwelling deeper into the client and site. Interestingly, this issue of Architecture Asia features a portfolio of houses that are just handy as teaching aids on house design precedents. Each of them is a unique expression of either who their clients are, special characteristics of the site, or a combination of these two, plus some of the architects’ personal beliefs. On the client, the Planter Box House expresses the clients’ penchant for growing their own food, with more than forty edible plants dotted around the house in “planter boxes”. On the other hand, another client’s love of gardens, albeit not the edible variety, is innovatively reflected on the stepped roof garden of the Cornwall House. The unique forms of these two houses are derived from who the clients are, and not some fancy shapes forced onto them. The Tranquil House, as the name suggests, is a house as serene as a church for the clients’ enjoyment of tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the outside world. On using the site as the dominant generator of ideas for a house, the Stepping Park House employs the strategy of borrowed views from the existing park across the site, by physically bringing the park into the house with plants and visually extending the house by embracing the park to be a part of it. In Indonesia, the Gemala House turns the narrow spaces between adjacent neighbours as the design parti, celebrating a design constraint of ‘setbacks’ that is often bemoaned by architects of lesser skills. The oxymoronic Simple House is not only formally not simple, it is in fact geometrically and constructionally a very complex endeavour. And conceptually, it is even more complex, capturing the harsh climatic conditions of the place and marrying it with the arduous design process to create a Brutalist gem of an alien spaceship on a hill in Jeju Island. At times, there are students who cannot break away from tradition, and want to retain the local identity of the traditional architecture of the place. Architecture students in Malaysia have often been told, “Yes, it is no doubt an interesting building; but it seems to be able to be built anywhere, it is so international. Where is the Malaysian identity?” To the students caught in this conundrum, the 713 House has come to your rescue! 713 is an exquisite example of a modern Thai house reinterpreting the vernacular, with modern materials of steel and glass. It is modern yet traditional. There you have it, a ready collection of different approaches to design that have yielded distinct forms that are authentic and meaningful to the clients and sites, with the ego of the architects playing second fiddle to these beautiful tunes. Lastly, the Shrine of Whatslove aptly encapsulates the triangulation of client, site and design philosophy, not dissimilar to the love triangle in human relationship that seeks resolution for their true expressions.

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10 LUSH / CORNWALL GARDENS / CHANG ARCHITECTS / SINGAPORE 1 8 E X T E N D E D / S T E P P I N G PA R K H O U S E / V T N A R C H I T E C T S / V I E T N A M 2 6 C H I A R O S C U R O / M A I S O N K O C H I / M E I S T E R VA R M A A R C H I T E C T S / I N D I A 34

C R O S S H AT C H E D / P H R A P R A D E A N G H O U S E / A L L ( Z O N E ) / T H A I L A N D

4 2 B O X E S / P L A N T E R B O X H O U S E / F O R M Z E R O / M A L AY S I A 5 0 T R A N Q U I L I T Y / T R A N Q U I L H O U S E / F O R M / K O U I C H I K I M U R A A R C H I T E C T S / J A PA N 58 713 / 713 HOUSE / JUNSEKINO ARCHITECT AND DESIGN / THAILAND 64 TWINS / GEMALA HOUSE / LUWIST / INDONESIA 70 TWIST / SIMPLE HOUSE / MOONBALSSO / SOUTH KOREA

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Ruin and Redemption in Architecture

JUNYA ISHIGAMI THAMES & HUDSON

DAN BARASCH PHAIDON PRESS

Ruin and Redemption in Architecture captures the awe-inspiring drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings are shown through examples from all around the world, demonstrating the extraordinary ingenuity of their transformation by some of the greatest architectural designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Examples range from Victorian gas holders, imposing railway stations, factories, World War II flak towers and bunkers to Gothic churches and belle époque theaters. This compelling book also brings to life the fascinating stories behind high-profile projects such as the High Line in New York, Tate Modern in London, the Prada campus in Milan, and Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, as well as extraordinary lesser-known abandoned - and regenerated - spaces around the world. Iconic work from the stars of the 20th century including Marcel Breuer, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright - as well as extraordinary transformations by such contemporary masters as Jean Nouvel, OMA, Thomas Heatherwick, and Herzog & de Meuron.

Lightness, transparency, simplicity, and communion with nature are Japanese architect Junya Ishigami’s watchwords. In his architectural masterworks, which he compares to landscapes, he eliminates the boundaries between exterior and interior space. For the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Junya Ishigami designed an exhibition that reveals, on an unprecedented scale, his latest research into freedom, fluidity, and the future of architecture. On the occasion of this exhibition, presented from March 30 to September 9, 2018, the Fondation Cartier will publish a book retracing the genesis of the project, including mixed photographs, drawings, models, and all the poetry inherent to Ishigami’s work.

Plants and architecture: two seemingly opposite elements. How can we combine them to plan future cities that are closer to nature? What synergies can we explore? Hortitecture seeks to discover the creative and construction potentials of vital plant material, and explores its applications in ecosystem services and urban food production. Through research at the intersections of architecture, biology and technology, IDAS (Institute for Design and Architectural Strategies) explores this topic with the aim of transferring the knowledge gained to the design of buildings. This book documents the projects, ideas and experiences shared by 33 international experts at symposia held at TU Braunschweig. Their critical reflections advance the awareness and expertise needed to develop a nature-based urban architecture.

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Hortitecture: The Power of Architecture and Plants ALMUT GRÜNTUCH-ERNST LARS MULLER PUBLISHERS

Drawing Architecture: The Finest Architectural Drawings Through the Ages This book is an elegant presentation of stunning and inspiring architectural drawings from antiquity to the present day. Throughout history, architects have relied on drawings both to develop their ideas and communicate their vision to the world. This gorgeous collection brings together more than 250 of the finest architectural drawings of all time, revealing each architect’s process and personality as never before. Creatively paired to stimulate the imagination, the illustrations span the centuries and range from sketches to renderings, simple to intricate, built projects to a utopian ideal, famous to rarely seen - a true celebration of the art of architecture. Visually paired images draw connections and contrasts between architecture from different times, styles, and places. From Michelangelo to Frank Gehry, Louise Bourgeois to Tadao Ando, B.V. Doshi to Zaha Hadid, and Grafton to Luis Barragán, the book shows the incredible variety and beauty of architectural drawings.

Freeing Architecture

Spatial Cemetery: A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong

HK URBEX BLACKSMITH BOOKS

Although the city has some of the most expensive property on the planet, an unknown world awaits beyond the shimmering skyscrapers and under the glitzy malls. This is the hidden kingdom of non-spaces: environments and structures that lie fallow, usually abandoned and left to rot, or suspended in limbo awaiting evictions and demolition. The HK Urbex crew – a covert collective of urban explorers whose exploits merge archaeology, ethnography, historiography and anthropology – unearth dead zones on the periphery of the city. They invite you to explore haunted schools, rummage through old crime scenes, reconnoitre condemned buildings and uncover the scraps of modernisation which won’t be recorded in history books.

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SEE THROUGH Designed by Daniel Rybakken and Panasonic Design Tokyo, the Vitrine is an elegant transparent TV that has no physical front or back. Made of wood, metal and glass, its minimalist form doubles up as a TV and an interior piece, with its see-through glass panel turning into a vivid TV screen at the flip of a switch. A collaborative effort between Panasonic and renowned furniture company Vitra, the Vitrine was first displayed at Salone del Mobile 2019. / danielrybakken.com

PURE Revised’s classically designed Edburton desk is made of solid wood, features a perforated powder-coated metal screen, and an open front with a hidden cable compartment. Finished with a matt lacquer, the Edburton is available in oak or walnut. / revised.com

LIT Inspired by the headlights of BMW is Moooi’s Iconic Eyes, designed by Bavariaborn, Munich-based interior architect Bernhard Dessecker. The design dates back to 2013 when the first prototype was designed for the foyer of the Bavarian National Musuem in Munich. Consisting of numerous lenses and a constellation of LED lights, this oval-shaped beauty creates an ambient glow that is enhanced by bright rings of light. / muuto.com

AUDIBLE FURNITURE

IKEA’s foray in wireless speakers continue with the Symfonisk speakers, which double up as a table lamp and bookshelf. A collaboration with speaker-maker Sonos, the rounded Symfonisk table lamp is designed with the light diffuser at the top with a built-in speaker at the base. The bookshelf speaker on the other hand, is shaped like a shelf and can likewise be hung up as a bookshelf or used as a bookend. The speakers were launched at Milan Design Week 2019. / sonos.com

ELECTRIC DREAMS

DIMENSIONS

Volvo’s electric push continues with the Polestar 2, its entry to the marketplace directly competing against the Tesla Model 3. It is Polestar’s first fully electric and volume model, features two electric motors with a range of 500km, and is based on Volvo Car Group’s adaptable Compact Modular Architecture platform (CMA). Performance oriented, the Polestar 2 features all-wheel drive and boasts a 0-100km/h time of less than 5 seconds. / polestar.com

De-dimension is a collection of collapsible furniture comprising of a stool and a table made from aluminium that can be folded, stored away or hung on the wall. According to the designer, Jongha Choi from South Korea, his idea was to challenge one’s perspective by blurring the lines between the two and three dimensions by creating an experience of a two-dimensional image in a three-dimensional space. It was exhibited in October 2018 at The Artling and Pun Projects’ Collectible Design exhibition in Hong Kong. / jonghachoi.com

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2rd place winner, The Nest by Ling Lee and Hsieh I Jon from Taiwan

CONSTRUCTION FOR DUBAI’S BRAND NEW ‘BURJ JUMEIRA’ UNDERWAY New York-headquartered design house Skidmore, Owings & Merill (SOM) has been revealed as the architect behind the 550m-tall Burj Jumeira tower that was unveiled by HH Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. SOM is the designer behind the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, has described the new skyscrapper as ‘an aerodynamic’ structure that will be among the world’s tallest buildings when it is completed. Burj Jumeira, oval-shaped on its front, and sleek and cut in two halves which is patterned with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s fingerprint, will form the heart of the project. The unique base will have a number of cul-

Burj Jumeira tower

tural and artistic events and will also be home to entertainment options including water fountains and a terraced outdoor amphitheatre. Burj Jumeira’s design is said to be inspired by desert dunes and oases according to Dubai Holding, and will feature a platform at 450 metres with sky lounge and restaurant. An observation deck will also afford 360-degree views across the city. Construction of the tower will begin immediately, with the first phase of the development aimed to be delivered in 2023. som.com

SHEILA O’DONNELL WINS THIS YEAR’S WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE TOP HONOUR Irish architect Sheila O’Donnell, of O’Donnell and Tuomey, has been named the Architect of the Year at the 2019 Women in

Architecture awards in London. The awards are an international programme organised by the UK-based publications The Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal. The O’Donnell + Tuomey co-founder saw off competion from three other finalists to win the top prize for her practice’s revamp of the Central European University in Budapest, which was also a contender for the RIBA International Prize 2018. O’Donnell won the prize for her work on the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. The practice produced a masterplan to consolidate the university into a single campus. The first phase of the project is a new limestone-clad building that includes a lecture theatre, cafes, offices, classrooms and a library. Together with husband John Tuomey, O’Donnell established their Dublin-based studio in 1988. The pair were awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 2015 in recognition of their work, and the practice has been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize five times, including for its Lyric Theatre in Belfast and the London School of Economics student centre in London. architectural-review.com

RE SCHOOL COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED Winners have been announced for the RE School architecture competition 2018, organised by Volume Zero. The competition sought to challenge participants to design schools that challenge

1st place winner, Woven Clouds by Zhen Lei from China

conventional education systems and learning spaces, with an emphasis to reach out to children living in inaccessible areas around the world. The first place winner went to Zhen Lei of China, for a school that floats above a shanty area and is assembled with sandwich panels and scaffolding. Second prize went to Ling Lee and Hseich I Jon of Taiwan, for their entry of a school that uses a new system that can be easily constructed with hands-on materials and easily transported to locations that have been ravaged by natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and volcanoes. Third prize went to Nikita D’Silva, Siddhant Tikkoo, and Debolina Ray of India, for their vision of a school without boundaries between education and culture, uniting native dying skill sets with integrated learning. The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers Hellmut Raff (Ackermann+Raff GmBH & Co. KG), Taku Hibino (HIBINOSEKKIE), Jun Sekino (JUN SEKINO Architect and Design), Paulo Afonso (Paulo Vale Afonso Architecture Studio), Raul

Pantaleo (TAM ASSOCIATI) and Hoang Thuc Hao (1+1>2). Entries from Asia were well represented in the final top 50 shortlisted entries – 20 were from India, 4 from China, 2 from Indonesia, and 1 from Malaysia and South Korea respectively. competition.volzero.com

JEAN NOUVEL’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF QATAR OPENS The National Museum of Qatar has recently opened to the public. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the architectural concept was inspired by the desert rose, and seeks to create a dialogue between the fluid, contemporary architectural form of the museum, and the historic objects it will contain. The museum has been constructed around the former palace of Emir of Qatar, and is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the country. According to Jean Nouvel, the scheme’s interlocking structure, formed of steel, glass and fiber

Sheila O’Donnell’s Central European University

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concrete, recalls the “blade-like petal of the desert rose, a mineral formation of crystallised sand found in the briny layer just beneath the desert’s surface.”

200 FREE DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS

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> SERPENTINE BANS USE OF UNPAID INTERNS FOR THE 2019 PAVILION The recent expose of the poor working conditions of unpaid interns at Junya Ishigami + Associates has led the Serpentine Gallery to release a statement on 27th March, clarifying that it would not allow unpaid internships or positions to form part of the design team behind the 2019 Pavilion, of which Junya Ishigami was the chosen designer. The 44-year-old Japanese architect was the secondyoungest designer of the pavilion, following 2018 designer Frida

Escobedo. The expose was first published by The Architects’ Journal, which revealed email correspondence that highlighted a lack of pay, six-day work weeks, and long office hours. The practice of unpaid internships are not as controversial in Japan as they are in the western countries. It has been noted that such working conditions would be illegal under EU law, and in 2011, RIBA prohibited chartered practices from paying under the minimum wage for all student placements, a measure introduced by Angela Brady, the then RIBA President.

Flan Studio have made available a downloadable library of over 200 free drawings in DWG and PNG format. Made up of Cem Ozan Cetintas and Alpkenan Koska, Flan Studio’s drawings include people, animals, and nature, and is catered toward architects and designers. The collection will be updated every month, with more drawing subjects to be added. flanstudio.com

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Jean Nouvel’s Museum of Qatar

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center on the first and second basement floors. The large open space to the north has been designed as an urban plaza with several garden features and functions as a welcome zone for the Hengli International Building. Squares, pathways and bridges at different levels create an attractive urban space with high amenity value. www.gmp-architekten.com

GMP TO DESIGN THE HENGLI INTERNATIONAL TOWER COMPLEX IN SHENZEN Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has won a competition to design a new tower complex in Shenzhen’s “Super Bay City” business district. Consisting of three distinct blocks linked at the base, the primary tower of the Hengli International Building rises 250 meters to become an impressive landmark and a cultural destination for the new business district. The Hengli International Building complex for the Hengli Investment Group, one of the 500 companies with the highest turnover in the world, will include three distinct volumes: the 250-meter-high office tower will be flanked by a 36-meter-high conference center and a “culture tower” with a height of 80 meters. The building elevations facing east and west are largely without windows. Vertical glazed strips in the solid facades emphasize the verticality of the buildings as well as the gate-like appearance of the open, glazed north and south elevations. The buildings are linked up to the sixth story, which means that the ensemble also functions well as a horizontal unit. The four basement floors form a shared base, which houses a shopping

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The Invert shading system by Doris Sung

SHUTTERS SYSTEM TO SELF-REGULATE TEMPERATURE OF BUILDINGS Architect Doris Sung has invented the Invert shading system, utilising a smart material called thermobimetal that changes shape in response to heat. While Invert looks like any other

decorative shutter, what is unique is that its metal pieces curl and flip over when heated due to exposure to sunlight - altering the amount of light and heat entering a space. This is achieved with thermobimetal, which is a double-layered composite of two metal alloys – one that expands in heat more quickly than the other, which results in a warping action. The Invert could potentially lead to self-regulated zero-energy cooled buildings. Sung, who is based at the University of Southern California School of Architecture, quit her architectural practice and moved into research due to her frustration at being limited by the kinds of materials architects could specify. Her invention has recently cleared prototyping stage, and she hopes to have it in production within the next year, following testing. www.tbm-designs.com

Hengli International Tower Complex by GMP

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Project Name Cornwall Gardens

Architects CHANG Architects

Location Singapore

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This house with a stepped garden on the roof allows

family members to live with and constantly be in touch with nature, as well as with one another

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offered the architects the opportunity to reinterpret the Good Class Bungalow (GCB), Singapore’s niche category of landed houses, often associated with high-end landed housing for the privileged few. GCB features specific planning guidelines to safeguard the qualities of these houses. The minimum plot size has to be 1,400 sqm. The ‘site coverage’, which essentially refers to the building foot print, cannot exceed 35% of the site area. Intended for a family of four generations, this project relooks at ways of enhancing the joy of tropical living, of enlivening communal living in a contemporary, tropical setting, where family members reside in a home of interconnected social spaces. This house is located along Cornwall Gardens, within an enclave of detached houses in a ‘Good Class Bungalow Area (GCBA)’, under the Bukit Timah Planning Area. The client had planned this site of 1,494 sqm for the retirement of their parents, an ‘open home with as much foliage and water elements as possible, making it a cool tropical paradise for the family’. This, they hope to encourage their three children to ‘raise their families here when they grow up’. In addition, they had a preference for natural and darker shades of finishes, to be in sync with nature, and to cut down glare from the harsh tropical sun. THIS PROJECT

In response to the brief and the site context, the original L-shaped plan has been extended to a U, with spaces reorganised to meet the family’s needs. The objective is to generate a sense of privacy amongst the different generations and between the neighbours; and at the same time, a sense of communality and cohesion amongst the family members. The stringent site coverage control posed challenges in meeting the space requirements for housing four generations. However, during the design process, this became a key inspiration, prompting a series of voids and crevices to be carved out on plan, for the penetration of daylight into the spaces, for natural ventilation, and for the cultivation of a variety of tropical undergrowth and aquatic lives. Fronting the road named Cornwall Gardens, the east façade is a two-storey envelope punctuated with openings greeting the street. Composed of charcoal logs that serve as filter from noise and air pollution, for the orient, it is believed that charcoal generates earth ‘qi’, and symbolises good fortune. Behind the exterior walls, the periphery was sculpted to accommodate living spaces that are designed with an I-Thou relationship with nature, i.e. the family and nature share the same breathing space. Plants and water bodies are part of the overall planning, for passive cooling and

The conserved Malayan Banyan Tree

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View from the street

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From far left: The house front conceals an inner sanctum and an undulating terrain; the front porch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the floor and cabinets finished with recycled railway sleepers; entrance foyer, where visitors are greeted by skylight, lush greenery, and the sound of water

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for the general wellness of the environment. At the entrance foyer, an old retaining wall with a history of leakage has prompted the transformation of this area into a waterfall feature. Visitors are now greeted with sounds of cascading water, which can be enjoyed from all levels. Working with the sloping terrain, the resulting sections are spatial configurations resembling cave dwellings. Built-ups that contributed to the site coverage are utilised as planters for tropical fruit trees, to cool the ambient temperature, and to insulate the interiors. On plan, the site coverage has been expressed as a ‘green coverage’ of landscape decks and cascading planters framing the central pool space. These are also catchment areas for the rainwater harnessing system, where recycled rainwater is used for irrigation. The living spaces overlook this central space; the peripheries are interconnected planting verandahs in metal mesh. These semi-porous decks and screens allow visual interactions across the central space, with the interiors

partially screened for privacy. The expanded steel mesh allow plants to grow profusely beyond the verandah space, to be enjoyed from within and without. The planting verandahs of the living areas flow to form a planter bridge of passion fruits. Finished with the same steel mesh, it bridges the two ends of the ‘U’, spanning 16 metres and 6 metres high. The climbing vines aid to provide effective shade from the setting sun, and a privacy screen for the two neighbours. Whilst high-tech and massproduction define today’s local construction idiom, craft is very much celebrated in this house. This also reflects the interest of the family members. Wall finishes are done in varying wash-pebbles and charcoal logs. The house signage, the family’s name in ancient Chinese oracle bone character, is engraved on one of the logs. The main door is done in radiating patterns from recycled railway sleepers to echo the split surfaces of the charcoal logs. The grab bars to the sunken deck are sculpted rebars to complement the vines. Salvaged materials and objects

All bedrooms centre around the natural rockedged bio pool, the heart of the house

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The planting verandah connects the bedrooms

The conserved Banyan Tree becomes the backdrop of this passageway to the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooms

A sculpted stairway from the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooms

View of the bedroom and a garden leading to the planter bridge

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from the old house form part of the new house’s schedule of finishes. Recycled woods were used for floorings and cabinetries. Old light fittings, window and door panels were readapted in memory of the old house. The outcome of this house exceeded the expectations of the family. They are pleased with the functional and aesthetical aspects, as well as the emotional and spiritual aspects in its outcome. The grandparents have since been staying with the family. The grandma, who suffered from dementia, has been cheerful and able to communicate with family members more often than before.

This house has also become the gathering place for the client’s extended families, numbering over fifty people in one reunion. This house has suggested alternatives to redefine good class living in the GCBA. It alters the traditional palette of the GCB – from polished marble to rustic sleepers, from gleaming brass to industrialised barriers. However, it does not diminish the tactile qualities, or the experiential values of what terms ‘luxury living’. It suggests new definitions of good class living in the tropics, in the physical and spiritual sense – by living with and constantly in touch with nature.

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Cornwall Gardens, Singapore CLIEN T

August 2014 S ITE A R E A

1494.7sqm

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ARCH ITECT FIR M

CHANG Architects PROJECT PR IN CIPAL

1378.6sqm CO N S TR U C TIO N CO M PA N Y

Kian Huat Decoration Construction Pte Ltd

Chang Yong Ter C IVIL E N GIN E E R ASSISTAN T ARCH ITECT

City-Tech Associates

Goh Chiaw Meng D ESIGN PER IOD

6 months

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Q UA N TIT Y S U RVE Y O R

LCH Quantity Surveying Pte Ltd

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L IGHTIN G

17 months

Speclitez Enterprise

Hawaii Landscape Pte Ltd

Carpenter: East Interior Pte Ltd Pool Specialist: The Water Consultants M A IN M ATE R IA LS

Floor/Wall Finishes: Polystone (S) Pte Ltd Sanitary Supplier: Volume Five Pte Ltd Window Specialist: Global Builders Supplies Pte Ltd Door Specialist: Dormatic Pte Ltd P HOTO GR A P HY

Albert Lim K.S.

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Project Name Stepping Park House

Architects VTN Architects

Location Vietnam

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Envisioned as a continuation of a park on its northern edge, the Stepping Park House welcomes the greenery

ended unto itself with open arms , creating a heightened sense of integration into its surroundings

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is located in a new residential area of Ho Chi Minh City, with a park on its northern side. It is a rare opportunity to get a site in Ho Chi Minh city which is adjacent to a green public space. Hence, the architects focused on designing a house which becomes an extension of its environment by integrating the green of the park into the interior space of the house. A large void was created by cutting the volume through the three floors, in a diagonal direction of the section. On the ground floor, the void serves as a living room, open to the park and on the top floor as a green covered family room. The faรงade surrounding the void is covered with ivy plants. Louvres provide shadow on the top floor. The void incorporates both circulation elements and natural elements like plants and trees, providing the private rooms with additional natural light. It THIS HOUSE

Below, clockwise from top left: The living area on the ground floor; the void as seen from the first and second floors; trees brought into the interior reinforces the melding of the park into the house

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gives a feeling of continuity of the park, to all three floors of the building. The house aims to create an environment similar to a forest, despite being indoors. Contradictory to the common spaces, private rooms such as bedrooms are placed in solid volumes. Planting trees in the opening of these volumes blocks direct sunlight, cools the wind and brightens up the interior space with green. The void that is opened diagonally upwards brings natural ventilation through the house, as a result of the chimney effect. In that way, the use of air conditioners is minimised. Walking through the space, one will feel the wind moving from the living room to the top floor of the house. Green facade eases the intense sunshine of the tropical climate. The model becomes a precedent for housing in tropical climates. For the architects, this house is one of the latest projects in its housing series called ‘House for Trees’ – a response to the shortage of green spaces in Vietnam, and the resulting environmental problems such as urban flooding, overheating and air pollution. Presenting solutions to these problems are an urgent challenge that architecture needs to address, and the architects have integrated green as much as possible, even in small houses, creating pockets of ‘parks’ in the city.

Filtered sunlight pervades into every corner of the house, in particular the common areas

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A RCH ITECT F I RM

VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects) P RO J ECT P R IN CIPA L

Vo Trong Nghia, Hidetoshi Sawa P RO J ECT A RCH ITECT S

Nguyen Van Thien DATE O F COMP LETIO N

2018

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252sqm FLOOR AR EA

475sqm Roof plan

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2 1. Terrace 2. Bathroom 3. Family room

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2nd floor plan 2

1. Master bedroom 2. Bathroom 3. Family room

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1st floor plan 1. Bedroom 2. Bathroom 3. Circulation

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5m Ground floor plan

From top: Carefully curated plants and trees on the second floor; first floor bedroom; master bedroom bathroom

1. Garage 2. Entrance Hall 3. WC 4. Kitchen 5. Dining 6. Living room

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Project Name Maison Kochi

Architects Meister Varma Architects

Location India

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A cozy house that doubles as a studio and office has been designed with a play of light and shadow – its highlighted white exterior leading into a cooler ‘shadowed’ interior that is accentuated with polished exposed concrete

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for a family of four, the Maison Kochi house also functions as a studio and office in the South Indian city of Kochi. The west-facing building is delineated in two volumes, the taller south-west block shading the shorter north-east one throughout the day. Living spaces are arranged in the shorter block while staircases and toilets face south or west to buffer the heat. An open plan arrangement and perforated net windows ensure ventilation across rooms. A vent in the roof access hatch cools the house with its chimney effect. Rainwater channels are integrated in the roof design as solar panels. Collected water is used to recharge the groundwater through an injection system. Flat roofs are insulated with hollow clay blocks and sloping roofs with polyurethane sandwich panels.

Left page: The exterior features two distinctive volumes at different heights. Right: A cosy terrace balcony on the first floor Below: Dining area

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The building is conceived as a chiaroscuro â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a white solid exterior leading to cool interiors finished in polished cement. An open plan arrangement on both floors makes the interior spaces blend into each other seamlessly. Wall-to-ceiling windows enhance this flow as does the continuous black oxide floor. Windows are designed in steel and doors use bison board panelling. Bathrooms are finished in colourful ferrous

oxide with lamps and counters cast in place. Almost all interior objects and furnishings are custom-made down to the brass switch plates. Furnishings like cushion covers and curtains utilise the minimalist lines of Kerala saris and soften the cement walls. Traditional urban crafts like cane cycle boxes are inspiration for multi-coloured baskets that hold everything from blankets to diapers.

Top and bottom: The master bedroom with adjoining terrace balcony

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1 Rainwater injection for goundwater recharge 2 Rainwater channels integrated in roof design 3 Insulated sandwich panel roof 4 Ferrocement storage wall for insulation 5 Hollow clay block (hurdi) insulation 6 Roof hatch vent (chimney-effect cooling) 7 Double roof (loft) on south & west side 8 Solar panels on south facing roof 9 Indirect light on south side windows 10 Open jointed paving for rainwater percolation

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There is a bold expression of colour throughout the interior

A large number of interior furnishings were custom made

The open plan provides for spaces and blend seamlessly into each other. A mini study area leads directly to the master bedroom

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Cochin, Kerala, India P R IN C IPA L U S E

Home office A RC HITE C T- O F R E CO R D

Krishnan Varma A RC HITE C T F IR M

Meister Varma Architects P RO JE C T P R IN C IPA L

Krishnan Varma, Vanessa Meister P RO JE C T TE A M

Sruthi Vijay, Sonia Stephen, Saumya Joseph D E S IGN P E R IO D

2015—2016 DATE O F CO M P LETIO N

2018 S ITE A R E A

173sqm F LO O R A R E A

158sqm C IVIL E N GIN E E R

Rao & Associates

View from the dining area

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GR Tech LIGHTIN G

Interstellar Lighting OTHE R BU ILD IN G CO N S U LTA N TS

Structural Design: Rao & Associates Plumbing Design: GR Engineers BU ILD IN G S U P P LIE R S

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Praveen Mohandas, Govind Nair (drone photography)

1 STUDY 2 MASTER BEDROOM 3 TERRACE 4 TOILET 5 KID’S BEDROON 6 T.V. ROOM

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FOYER LIVING DINING KITCHEN GUEST BEDROOM / MEETING ROOM 6 BATHROOM 7 STUDIO 8 TOOL SHED 1 2 3 4 5

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Project Name Phra Pradeang Housde

Architects all (zone)

Location Thailand

cross hatched

Arranged as a series of layers, this house is designed by using a permeable facade composed of concrete blocks in a criss-crossed pattern

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is situated in an old small community, where the scale of living and building is very tiny compared to contemporary living standards. Within these small streets, the neighbourhood is however slowly transforming, with new, bigger buildings. The project is an attempt to utiTHE PHRA PRADEANG HOUSE

lise a small plot of land within this community to maximise its value, whilst creating a conversation with its surroundings. Activities are arranged around the central well modelled after tropical shophouses of Southeast Asia, to allow natural ventilation and gentle sunlight to reach every single room. The facade that wraps around

the perimeter is composed of concrete blocks, and were specially designed to allow the house to be able to intereact with adjacent sites at various levels and degrees of privacy. Working closely with a local concrete block manufacturer, the resulting facade is a refreshing and sophisticated update of what is vernacular material.

Right page: The monochormatic concrete block facade allows for various levels of privacy and interaction with its surroundings

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FACADE DETAIL

AXONOMETRIC PLAN

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Filtered sunlight provide intricate details into the minimalist interiors

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Phra Pradeang, Bangkok, Thailand C LIE N T

Prinyarat Burusnukul P R IN C IPA L U S E

Residential A RC HITE C T F IR M

all(zone) P RO JE C T TE A M

Rachaporn Choochuey, Sorawit Klaimak, Tharit Tossanaitada, Isara Junpoldee, Asrin Sanguanwongwan, Thanapat Sangkharom DATE O F CO M P LETIO N

2018 F LO O R A R E A

388sqm C IVIL E N GIN E E R

CM One Co., Ltd CO N C R ETE BLO C K D E S IGN E R

Tanatta Koshihadej, Asrin Sanganwongwan P HOTO GR A P HY

Soopakorn Srisakul

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Project Name Planter Box House

Architects Formzero

Location Malaysia

boxes Designed as a house for a retired couple who are passionate in growing foods, the plants filled Planter Box House appears less defined, as its appearance oscillates between garden, farm, and house, anticipating a redefinition of the contemporary tropical house.

The bamboo texture gives the planter box an organic look while also making it more sustainable as it does not require painting and maintenance.

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of cascading concrete planter boxes occupied with more than 40 types and counting amount of edible plants on all floors can be seen emerging with a strong visual contrast from an intermediate lot to its surrounding of terraced housings, making it appear to be part of the streetscape. Functioning primarily as a residential house, the house challenges the urbanscape by extending the public realm with recessed frontage, at the same time pushes out its first planter box that is built around an existing jasmine tree beyond the boundary. The additional public spaces provided by the recessed frontage and the shaded planter box as a piece of urban furniture A SERIES

are welcoming gestures of the Planter Box House to promote inter-neighbourhood interaction. The less defined internal spaces are imbued with a strong sense of hospitality and the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attitude towards tropical sustainable urban community living and farming. Upon opening the gate, one could experience the light and cross ventilation while also able to read the whole ground floor visually as there are only glass walls and windows in between the front and the back. Separated by the living room and the central staircase of the house, the back of the building is celebrated with a double volume kitchen and dining area with full height glass windows that could

Irrigation

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open outwards towards a green wall at the back. The faĂ§ade of the Planter Box House acts as a filter to redefine the internal and external spatial relationship. This faĂ§ade acts like a double-sided landscape that introduces a new view for the internal living and external public space. Besides, the design also aims to maximise the planting area by having planter boxes from the ground floor connected to balconies all the way up to the rooftop, essentially tripling the green area of the site that enables a fully sustainable urban living for the client. Taking inspiration from the vernacular tropical house, split bamboo produced by the indigenous people called Temuan from Negeri Sembilan is used as formwork for the concrete work of the planter boxes. This integration between the native pattern and texture into modern technology creates a distinctive bamboo texture for the house. While this bamboo texture signifies an abstract organic form

of the house, it is also a sustainable solution to low maintenance finish that could age well with the rain and urban pollution. This commission enables the local micro-community to be part of the contributing forces behind the design outcome. Several passive cooling strategies are applied to optimise the Planter Box House. The said strategies are such as the incorporation of bubble deck, ground cooling system and having deep open balconies with trees to provide deep shade on each floor. Application of bubble deck allows the house to be column free and have minimised partition, which allows optimal cross-ventilation and flexible layout modification in the future. The open steel stairs positioned under a lightwell is central to the house design that creates a stack effect for air ventilation and bringing in natural lighting. The Planter Box House is a physical representation of the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifestyle. It is also a knowledge platform where the married

couple constantly improvises the irrigation and planting system. Such custom-made irrigation system is interconnected between the planter boxes that stores and recycles nutritious resources and rainwater within the land. It also allows full and precise manipulation of the planter box from the soil composition to the level of water being supplied to each individual planter box. Today, Planter Box House serves as a platform for the owner to form knowledge and bonding with the surrounding community. It is currently an urban farming network around the neighbourhood for the community to share food, wastes and knowledge of urban farming along with a celebrated lifestyle of self-sufficiency. The client is looking to continue expanding the farming and irrigation network of the community neighbourhood. The life of the building is expected to be continually improved, developed and grows organically along with the married couple.

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Left page: A light well is at the core of the house, from which a steel staircase is suspended on metal rods Below: Bathroom detail

Front elevation 2.5m

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia P R IN CIPAL U SE

Single Family House DES IG N FIR M

Formzero P ROJ ECT P R IN CIPAL

Lee Cherng Yih CO N S TR UCT I O N P ER IO D

2016 - 2017 DATE OF CO MP LETIO N

2017 S ITE AR EA

185 sqm FLOOR AR EA

340 sqm CO N S TR UCT I O N CO MPAN Y

Jaya Bintang P H OTO GR A P HY

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1 RAINWATER COLLECTION FROM ROOF 2 RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK 3 IRRIGATION SUPPLY PIPING 4 PLANTER WATER RESERVOIR 5 WATER LEVEL ADJUSTER 1 WATER LEVEL ADJUSTER

6 OVERFLOW PIPE

2 REUSED BUBBLE DECK

7 OVERFLOW TO NEIGHBOURING FARMING

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Custom-made planter box and soil composition designed and constantly improvised by the owner with design principles of Permaculture and Biomimicry.

IRRIGATION SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

Custom-made irrigation system interconnected between all the planter boxes that stores and recycles nutritious resources and rainwater within the land. It allows full and precise manipulation of the planter box from soil composition to the level of water being supplied to each individual planter box. Planting area of the site is tripled with the planter boxes and rooftop farming.

Planter Box House Over 40 edible plants and counting are grown within the Planter Box House

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Project Name Tranquil House

Architects FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

Location Japan

t r a n q u i l i t y FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has designed a series of concrete volumes to create the Tranquil House for a private client in Japan.

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The monolithic exterior continues thematically into the interior

THE NEW BUILDING is situated

along a highway with a large volume of traffic. A field expands around the site that is adjacent to a concrete factory run by the client, and a traditional Japanese house where the parents reside. Because the environment gives a somewhat mixed-up impression, a house was sought that would produce visual expansion while blocking eyes from surroundings. Thus, the architect planned a house that aligns its axis with the north side where you can obtain the widest view, while laying out the spaces that have their own extensity from the entrance through the backmost terrace. The recess of the symmetric façade composed of the volumes is made into the entrance. The thick and heavy wall positioned at the centre adds more sense of depth. It also plays ARCHITECTURE ASIA ISSUE 1 2019

a role of “Eye Stop” that keeps eyes outside from easily coming through. When entering the hall, the space created by the tall volumes welcomes guests with watery light from the top light. The space is divided by seamless glass sidewalls, which give a perspective effect to visibility of the space beyond. The two rough-textured walls have been provided to give special direction and weighty impression, as well as to make the space inbetween as a passage to the living room. In the passage, a door has been positioned that can be flexibly opened and closed to develop diverse space experiences. The living and dining spaces that are connected with each other are encompassed within a large volume embraced by the space. An attempt has been made to segment

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the space by differentiating ceiling height and floor level. At the same time, the light from a carefully-planned opening has produced changing shadow and texture, and created a deep space. At the end of the area continued from the entrance, the architect wanted to realise an open space that incorporate scenes or lights. Therefore, the architect laid out a room that can be used as an extension of the living room, and provided a terrace that surrounds the room. The tiles that are used for the room are also used for the terrace to produce an expanding feel while enhancing continuity between the inside and outside of the room. Through the glass wall at the north side, you can enjoy the view clipped out by the horizontal line of the wall, making the house impression far richer. The sequence of spaces, which are unrolled along the axis, generates comfortable tranquillity that gives exquisite aesthetics to daily life.

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Shiga, Japan A RC HITE C T F IR M

FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects DATE O F CO M P LETIO N

2019 S ITE A R E A

845,69sqm F LO O R A R E A

158,65sqm P HOTO GR A P HY

Norihito Yamauchi Yoshihiro Asada

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Project Name 713 House

Architects Junsekino Architect and Design

Location Thailand

The 713 House is a single-family home in Bangkok that has been lavishly designed with a core traditional Thai House tenet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the common area being the all-important nexus that keeps the family members together

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THE OWNER demolished his

previous house with the intention to build a new one in order to expand the functional areas, and to create more interaction among family members as well as to introduce elements of nature, which was lacking in their previous home. The 731 House is sited on a rectangular plot of land that is split into two. One side contains the residential volume while the other side is the landscape. In order to bring in as much nature into the interior space as possible, some parts of the volume were subtracted, and a courtyard is created to allow wind and natural light to pass through. In the Thai context, the common area is considered a highly significant space, and is the primary qualifying criteria that makes a house a ‘home’. Inspired by this, the architects have explicitly divided the interior space into zones that separate the semiprivate from the private spaces. The first floor mainly serves as the common area, while the second floor are private spaces. Most of the common spaces were designed to be semi-outdoor, allowing natural ventilation and light to penetrate through. The rooftop is designed to serve as a private exercise space for the owner, where he can simultaneously enjoy the scenery of the Bangkok suburb. The architecture blends with its natural surroundings through the use of the material choices. Glass helps melt away the boundary between the interior and exterior spaces. For the façade, the architect used a wooden screen and metal mesh in selected parts in order to preserve some privacy without depriving the occupants of the scenery outside. In addition, the use of void and a steel structure, subsides the solidity of form. More importantly, wood from their previous house is preserved and reused in this house for the court flooring and staircase finishing. This evokes a sense of nostalgia to the family members, as well as help them save on the overall construction cost.

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The 1st floor is primarily for the common areas, with spacious semi-outdoor spaces and a pond

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Ngamwongwan Road, Mueng Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi, Thailand A RC HITE C T F IR M

Junsekino Architect and Design OWN E R / C LIE N T

Tawin Ruengsawat, Natenipa Promanard S TR U C TU R A L E N GIN E E R

Jukrit Rattanamaneeratsamee BU ILT- U P A R E A

Approx 300sqm YEAR OF CO M P LETIO N

2017 P HOTO GR A P HY

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Above: The House at night. The semi to open spaces on the ground floor evokes the feel of a house on stilts

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Left page, from top: 1st floor kitchen and dining area with the centrally located stairs to the 2nd floor; 2nd floor stairs to the rooftop, which is the private exercise space

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Project Name Gemala House

Architects LUWIST

Location Indonesia

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A charming house in Indonesia has been designed as an exploration of in-between spaces

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in Bandung city, where daily life continues in a typical urban structure. There are 3 volumes on the site, each accommodating different requirements. These volumes are independent from one another, and scattered across the site, creating a series of connected individual gardens, openings and surroundings. The house itself is comprised of two shells, efficiently sized and nested inside one another. The outer shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. In a nested structure, the inside is invariably the outside, and vice versa. The

architect paid special emphasis not on the space or form, but about expressing the riches of what is in-between houses and the site barrier to neighbours. The facade has a twin-face, and is connected by a bridge, for occupants to experience the in-between feeling. The decision to have a twin, similar facede, is in reference to female twins, which is known in Indonesian Sanskrit as Gemala (hence the name for the house). The house also features two vertical cuts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for the courtyard and staircase â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which divide the plan into 3 parts. All the spaces are thus well lit and properly ventilated.

Right page: Detail of the semi-open central courtyard that provides generous amounts of sunlight into the interiors

A compact bridge on the second floor connects the two volumes together

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Above, from top left: Entrance view; Internal courtyard; Living area that leads off to a small side courtyard; path to the staircase

Left: Entrance featuring a small patio with seating

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Top: Detail of the small patio area

Left: Living area

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Bandung, Indonesia P R IN C IPA L U S E

Residential A RC HITE C T F IR M

LUWIST P RO JE C T P R IN C IPA L

Lukie Widya DATE O F CO M P LETIO N

2018 S ITE A R E A

205 sqm F LO O R A R E A

164 sqm CO N S TR U C TIO N CO M PA N Y

Dadan Salaki P HOTO GR A P HY

Ferrian Renaldi

Top left: courtyard that separates the two ‘faces’/volumes of the house

Above: Detail of the staircase

Left: Bedrooms

Hallway leading to bedrooms on first floor

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Study room on the first floor

The staircase that is located on the right side of the house

twist portfolio

Project Name Simple House

Architects MOONBALSSO

Location South Korea

This house in Jeju Island has been designed in response to the strong

prevailing winds, resulting in a unique reinforced concrete structure that gives rise to various interesting spaces and views

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on Jeju dominates life on the island – it is often very windy, and weather changes are abrupt. Basalt rocks are everywhere, demarcating fields and individual houses. Orums, which are like little hills, are everywhere – with more than 350 of them on the island. Jeju is sort of an exotic landscape for koreans, with the weather and vegetation reminding them more of the tropics. In the past, it was home for many exiles from the mainland. Life on the island is quite a change – time flows differently, and is ruled by the weather. For this house, a secretive lifestyle for the client is presumed and imagined by the architect. Thus the initial plan was for a bunker-like home trenched into the earth, with an atrium in the middle. A horizontal slit-like Villa Savoye cuts the home in half, one submerged, the other floating. The unbearable lightness of the heavy being is an aspiration to be held hostage to the idea of anti-gravity. The humble low-lying curved roof pays much homage to the traditional homes of Jeju. Many times a well-agreed-upon scheme is dropped due to sudden mood changes of clients. And this was another one of those cases. A rather showy and extravagant gesture was requested by the client midway through the project. The resulting final form is an antithesis of the first design. The THE ROBUST WEATHER

The ‘rotated’ floors provide large overhangs for shade as well as for spacious verandahs

The organically shaped staircase houses a mini library

initial single storey home was dug up, and made to stand vertically. The dimensional change brought about a very linear space stacked on top of each other, providing three storeys with an opening right in the middle of the second floor. The redesigned house had much presence, but needed something more to give it a distinct character. Then the strong wind and rain started to be a factor, and eventually a three-floored â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rotatingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home was developed as a counterbalance to the strong winds. The design also had the benefit of having multiple view points to the various spaces, and also allowed for many large verandas where different outdoor functions can be accommodated. The final form fufilled the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes, and also those of the architect, as the process exposed the architect to two extremeties of spacial qualities and experiences. Ceiling views

Kitchen area

1 PLAY ROOM 2 STORAGE 3 GUEST ROOM 4 STAIRCASE LIBRARY 5 TOILET 6 BOILER ROOM 7 BATHROOM

LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1

1 STORAGE 2 KITCHEN 3 TOILET 4 LIVING ROOM 5 STAIRCASE LIBRARY

LONGITUDINAL SECTION 2

1 TOILET 2 STORAGE 3 KITCHEN 4 STAIRCASE LIBRARY 5 LIVING ROOM 6 DRESS ROOM 7 BEDROOM

CROSS SECTION 1

1 STAIRCASE LIBRARY 2 GUEST ROOM 3 BEDROOM 4 BOILER ROOM 5 BATHROOM

CROSS SECTION 2

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1 KITCHEN 2 STAIRCASE LIBRARY 3 LIVING ROOM 4 STORAGE 5 THEATRE 6 OUTDOOR DINING

1 BARBEQUE PARTY AREA

A RC HITE C T

MOONBALSSO (Moon Hoon) D E S IGN TE A M

Kim jaekwan, Kim haeree, Park jeonguk, Song giwon, Tomasz Kisilewicz LO C ATIO N

Jeju-do, Korea P R IN C IPA L U S E

Residence S ITE A R E A

714sqm SECOND FLOOR

ROOF

BU ILD IN G A R E A

133.48sqm

1 PLAY ROOM 2 GUEST ROOM 3 LAUNDRY ROOM 4 STORAGE

1 BATHROOM 2 DRESS ROOM 3 BEDROOM 4 JACUZZI 5 GARDEN

GRO S S F LO O R AREA

206.40sqm BU ILD IN G S CO P E

3 storeys S TR U C TU R E

Reinforced Concrete E XTE R IO R F IN IS HIN G

Exposed concrete P HOTO GR A P HY

N amgoon g Su n

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FIRST FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

recent projects

Project Name Shrine of Whatslove

Architects Wutopia Lab

Location China

love

Wutopia Lab has designed China’s first all-carbon fibre structure in the rural area of Zhejiang, in collaboration with digital construction team RoboticPlus.AI

WITH SHRINE OF WHATSLOVE, a

red triangle robotically woven carbon fibre structure, China-based firm Wutopia Lab has attempted to arouse discussion of ‘what love is in modern life’ and how to intervene in rural construction. The client, Fengyuzhu, commissioned the architects to design something for their first cultural and creative Complex, the Fangyukong guesthouse project. Other than a hotel, restaurant or bookstore, the architects chose to conceive of a building that would inspire people to think on a daily issues. It is quite popular to spend the weekend in the countryside near a big city nowadays. The essence is to pursue new environments, far from the anxieties of reality. But once the novelty has passed, topics of health, education, work, and wealth will rise to the surface again. Added to this mix are the topics of love and marriage, issues that have added confusion or pain. Love should be seen as a beautiful and pure thing. As such, the architects first formed the building directly with an integrated triangle. As a motif, the triangle also represents the original architectural prototype – the shape of sheds that were built by our ancestors. A decision was made to ‘abandon’ materiality – giving up concrete, steel, glass or wood to build the knot form, which is inspired by the Zhusiyingshe, a traditional Chinese red line wrapped around idols for good luck. The building, a shrine to love, is more a visual image of a red line than a physical

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Qinglongwu, Tonglu, China CL IEN T

Fengyuzhu ARCH ITECT F I RM

Wutopia Lab CH IEF ARCH I T E C T

Yu Ting P ROJ ECT ARCH ITECT

Liran Sun DATE OF CO MP LETIO N

March 2019

space, as it does not need to shelter from the wind. The 4 metres high and 3.8 metres wide structure of the shrine was weaved with a continuous line of carbon fibre, with the density controlled at 18kg per cubic metre, achieving a bearing capacity of 400kg. After a month of testing, using 7,200 meters of continuous carbon fibre bundles, the actual construction of the ‘Shrine of Whatslove’ was completed in 90 hours. It has floor slabs that can carry at least four people and can be overhanged so that the shrine seems floating in the air. Standing by the main entrance of Fangyukong Guesthouse, the red triangle shrine is like a guide post.

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