Our story from conception to completion
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Site Location
Site location
Google maps of the Villas
Lunch with the client and consultant team at the organic "Little Farm on the Hill" to kick-off project.
The Client
The Team
The Site
Site Contour Plan - Indicates a very steep site
View looking down
Slope from the upper road access
View of the Genting Highlands in the background
Design Brief
To provide 6,000 to 7,000 ft2 home as weekend home and future retirement home. 6 bedrooms consisting of master bedrooms, in-laws bedrooms and children's debrooms.
Provision for lift to be installed in the future. Outdoor BBQ and entertainment terrace maid's quarters and caretaker
Concept
The landscape is constantly changing...
And vistas change according to the observr's perspective
The landscape is constantly changing....
With the meandering streetscape
Creating a dynamic ever changing landscape
Which once in a while opens up to stunning vistas
The concept of the ever-changing landscape depending on the view in which the observer is looking at lent to the idea of a dynamic perspective of the landscape from inside looking out
The plan diagram of the house baed on static views can be summerised as a series of linear spaces
As the views become more focused on the directions the plan starts to become fragmented
When the fragmentation is further exaggerated the plans start to take a dynamic form
The final Plan
The ground floor houses the carporch, master bedroom and guest rooms with an atrium space in the centre.
Which leads down to the Lower Ground Floor hosuing the living spaces dining, kitchen and more bedrooms
The lowest floor (Lower Ground Floor 1) is where the maids and caretaker and utility areas area located
From here an external staircase then leads down to the garden where the BBQ Terrace is palced at the bottom of the site
Study models were done tp 'sculpt' the building to integrate with the landscape
Front Elevation
Rear Elevation
Side Elevation (West Facing)
Side Elevation (East Facing)
Cross-section of house
Cross-section of house
Green Initiatives
Unplastered natural brick and concrete finish
The houses to be placed on stilts (pilotis) to reduce impact on slope
Air-Condioning not required by considering to following:
Create full height windows and openings for natural cool breeze to enter
To provide double volumn atrium to create stack effect
Precedent studies on wind chimneys and applying the principals
Sunshade studies on impact of roof overhang to shelter from the sun
re-use of existing bamboo on-site
Existing ground water to be cultivated and used for irrigation
Final pictures after completion
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