Eleena Jamil Architect

Sepang House

SEPANG HOUSE

Eleena Jamil Architect

Sepang House
© Marc Tey

ARCHITECTS
Eleena Jamil Architect

LOCATION
Sepang, Malaysia

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
450.0 sqm

PROJECT YEAR
2015

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marc Tey

Sepang House
© Marc Tey

Text description provided by architect.

The Sepang House is defined by a large sheltering roof with deep overhangs, shaded terraces and balconies along its edges. 

It uses raw concrete, bricks and wood to develop a material language that echoes its tropical setting.

Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey

Different materials are used to distinguish different elements of the house. For example, raw exposed concrete is used for all external walls.

Bricks for spine walls that runs along the centre of the house, and timber for roof structures, ceilings and the floor.

All other surfaces are plastered and painted white. This approach to materiality creates a richness of texture in the house - an interesting background for contemporary family life.

Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey

The design of the house is driven by the desire for the main living areas to face the cool and shaded north direction and the garden.

In order to achieve this, spaces are organized along a pair of central brick spine walls that runs east and west.

Staircases are placed between these walls. Main spaces such as living, dining, guest and master bedrooms organized to the north of the spine walls, whereas the kitchen and other bedrooms to the south.

Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey

Openings in the spine and multiple double height volumes create opportunities for visual and acoustic connections within the house and outdoors, making the house feel more intimate and warm.

The main living areas on the ground floor are directly connected to a large outdoor terrace that cantilevers over the pool. The master and attic bedrooms are also connected to terraces.

Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey

They mediate between the inside and outside spaces and provide the occupants with shaded cool spaces outdoors, a necessity in the hot humid climate of the tropics.


Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey
Sepang House
© Marc Tey


Sepang House
Ground floor plan
Sepang House
First floor plan
Sepang House
Second floor plan
Sepang House
Site plan


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