Screen House By Poiesis Architects

SCREEN HOUSE

Poiesis Architects

Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck

ARCHITECTS
Poiesis Architects

M&E ENGINEER
B S Ong

QUANITITY SURVEYOR
BKG Consultants Pte Ltd

MAIN CONTRACTOR
H & D Construction & Engineering

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
JS Tan Consultants Pte Ltd

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Roland Tan Yeow Teck

AREA
950.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Singapore

CATEGORY
House

Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck

The Screen House is located on a triangulated plot of land somewhere in the western part of Singapore.

Prior to the rebuilding, the carparking for the house was located on a steep incline leading up to the 1st storey of the house which is approximately 2.5m higher than the adjacent road level.

In order to take advantage of the topography of the site, the decision was made to “carve” out a basement storey.

Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck
Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck
Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck

With this strategy, the carparking area is hidden away. An entire new basement storey could then be tucked neatly into the site. The new house from road level looks like a 2.5 storey house when in fact it is a 3.5 storey volume.

INTERNAL GARDEN COURTYARD

Basements usually conjure up imageries of being dark and dimly lit. In this case, an internal garden courtyard is inserted into the center of the house.

A central skylight fitted with Vari-shield self-cleaning glass provides day-lighting to flood the basement area.

Screen House By Poiesis Architects
Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck
Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck

The Vari-shield glass is self-regulating much like transition lenses to regulate the amount of day-light into the internal area.

27 numbers of spherical pendants suspended at varying heights serves as an interesting counterpoint to the trees.

SCREENED FAÇADE

Vertical trellised screen façade set at varying spacing follows the angulated façade to shield from the west facing sun along the front façade.

Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck
Screen House By Poiesis Architects
© Roland Tan Yeow Teck

During the day, the house takes on a very “private” front shielded by the screened wall.

The house transforms in the evening when lighted as artificial lighting from within creates a warm-glow to provide glimpses of the interior.


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Elevation
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Elevation
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Elevation


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Basement Plan
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1st Floor Plan
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2nd Floor Plan
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Attic Plan
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