Year 1 Final Project: Eco House

This is the final project for year 1 of Singapore Polytechnic’s Year 1 students of 2009/2010. The whole project lasted for 15 weeks, where we had the experience to go through every stage of what an architecture firm would be preparing for a residential project like this – which includes macro design stage, structural, sanitary, and surface drainage planning, as well as micro-detailing.  The client’s profile is a middle-age father and husband, would would require spaces in the house for his wife and two children. Site locate directly opposite Paris Ris Parks,  it naturally has an advantage to meet the needs of the client. Being a nature lover, the client requested for the house to be a place where he can be absorbed into nature after a day’s of work.

The solution for this request would be following my design concept, where I took of the idea of the fractal pattern found on a leaf, and realized I could break up spaces within the house to allow natural ventilation and day light to naturally breathe life into the house, with minimal use of electricity and simultaneously bringing in the sight, scent, and sounds of nature. A central courtyard of inserted into the architecture, thus the concept of ‘Genesis – Architecture giving birth to Nature’ is realized. As spaces are referential to the center courtyard, users easily identifies and navigates main spaces around the house.

The mood, or ambiance of the house is a modern yet natural feel, as clean lines are prominent in the architecture, material chosen for floor finishes are mainly timber strips, as well as frames for opening such as windows and doors are also timber. Wall paint finishes are mainly beige, as it gives the clean and modern feel, yet tie in with the browns found on timber finishes. A rubble wall cladding is also used for the retaining wall, as the stones look ties back to the concept of nature. The external wall cladding is the fair-face clay tiles, where it clearly shows that the house is a man-made structure, but blends in harmony with the garden surrounding.

The above concludes the year 1 final project.

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