House H
House H
Studiobase Architects
BUDGET
$500K - 1M
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Taiwan
TYPE
Residential › Private House
House H is located on a corner of an urban residential area. The rectangular shape of the building lot is slightly slanted and irregular, due to the cut-off of the northeast corner.
THE REQUESTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ARE SIMPLE
-Public and private zones must be clearly defined.
-The image of the original bungalow (now demolished) needs to be preserved. -All interior spaces need excellent daylight and natural ventilation.
Our scheme is to divide the plan into 3 parallel zones, the width are 7m, 4m, 5m respectively, from east to west.
The 7m-wide zone holds up the public function such as living, dining and kitchen. And the form of this public building is a one storey pitch-roofed volume with a front porch, which resembles the original bungalow.
The 5m-wide zone contains two floors of bedrooms and study.In between of these two volumes is a 4m-wide reflecting pool with a plumeria tree, which mediates the micro-climates and also disperses fragrance in the air.
The house is constructed of reinforced concrete frame system, we separate the frame and wall to create a semi-outdoor porch, which benefit the living room with good shading.
The pitch-roof canopy turns the chunky volume into a pavilion in the woods.
The walls are all painted white, so the daylight and shadow can give the east-and-west facing sculptural walls a dynamic expression.
The roof is covered by standing-seam titanium zinc panels, which blends into the neighboring roofscapes.
