A D Lab Pte Ltd Singapore

Nomad House

NOMAD HOUSE

A D Lab

Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen

ARCHITECTS
A D Lab

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
337.89 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Singapore

MANUFACTURERS
Bluescope, Automated Lifestyles, Liangwood Design and Build, Lital Materials and Contracts Engineers (LME)

Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen

Text description provided by architect.

An intriguing element of the brief for this corner terrace house in Central Singapore became the inspiration for its design.

The owners approached architects AD Lab Pte Ltd with a desire to live in the house as nomads, moving the living and sleeping areas from room to room, and having the ability to alter the function and meaning of the spaces over time.

Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen

Situated at the end of a row of terrace houses with a green reserve toward the rear of the house, the site naturally had one side that was limited by the boundary wall, and the other that was more related to the surrounding greenery.

The designers took advantage of the linked boundary wall to house a linear strip of the “function” or “service” elements of the house, leaving the more open and flexible space to face the side garden and long swimming pool, front balcony and rear views to the greenery.

Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen

This organization of service and served spaces is clearly expressed in the façade with the left side of the house being more solid, built in heavy cast in-situ concrete, to accommodate the bathrooms, kitchen, staircase and store rooms.

In contrast, the right side of the house is constructed of lightweight steel and expressed as an open, glass and aluminium-clad structure.

Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen

This organizational logic carries through to the interiors of the house, with its contrast of the darker and more enclosed “service” side and light and open flexible side. Even in the basement of the house, the openness is felt through shimmering light emanating from long windows directly into the side of the swimming pool which stretches across the entire length of the house.


Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen
Nomad House
© Elliot Lee, Studio Three Sixteen


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Elevation 01
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Elevation 02
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Basement Plan
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1st floor plan
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2nd floor plan
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Roof plan
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Attic plan

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