Look Architects

The Pair House

THE PAIR HOUSE 

LOOK Architects

The Pair House
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ARCHITECTURE
LOOK Architects

PROJECT YEAR
2017

AREA
662.0 m2

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
LAC Engineers & Associates

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
PQS Consultants

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Wuxing Construction Pte Ltd

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
JHA Partnership

SITE AREA
880m2

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER & CIVIL
JHA Partnership

COUNTRY
Singapore

CATEGORY
Houses

The Pair House
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The Pair House
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The Pair House
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Text description provided by architect.

The project is located on a corner plot facing a busy road junction within a mature, nondescript neighborhood and consists of two equal and identical houses set within a relatively compact site with a shared driveway and green space. The houses were designed to serve as two family homes for a growing multigenerational family.

The simple and restrained design of the houses provides a backdrop for a quiet family life and reflects a desire for comfort, serenity and peace of mind. The private living spaces are articulated as two parallel metal clad volumes that cantilever over a timber lined box containing the communal living spaces below.

The Pair House
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The Pair House
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The compact form and clarity of the composition responds to the setting of the building and provides a dignified corner expression that marks the corner of the busy road.

The spaces within the houses are organized in a rational and considered manner, with well- proportioned and comfortable living spaces doubly oriented to maximize natural lighting and ventilation through the house.

The Pair House
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The Pair House
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Extensive timber screens further help to modulate the ambient environment, providing shading and additional privacy as well as screening the noise and dust from the heavily traffic along the main road.

Material selection enhances the formal expression of the house, with the aluminum cladding and off- form concrete offset by the generous use of timber which adds warmth and a domestic quality.

The choice of timber cladding and off-form concrete also reflects the desire for the building to age well and will mark the passage of time – a house that can be well looked after for generations to come.

The Pair House
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The Pair House
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We worked closely with the client throughout the course of the project. Detailing and choice of materials were carefully developed to imbue the practical requirements of day-to-day living with an aesthetic sensibility.

A special lightning protection system has also been used in the building, with the aluminum cladding doubling as a faraday cage for lightning protection, therefore omitting the need for unsightly lightning rods on the aluminum cladding.

The Pair House
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The Pair House
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Elevation 02
The Pair House
Elevation 01


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Section 01
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Section 02
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Section 03


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Second floor plan
The Pair House
Third floor plan


The Pair House
First floor plan
The Pair House
Timber screen detail

Look Architects
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