Project Description
The client required a different layouts, but all of them also needed to work within the structural framework of the parking on the lowest floor, besides the need for a column-free basement area. Four large columns support the front of the building, simultaneously allowing for the complex variation of requirements. By pushing the service core (comprising the staircase, lift, kitchen and staff room) to the rear of the building, the full front width could be used for the principal spaces. This width was then divided into 3 parts – the central space became the living room, connected to the exteriors at both ends, allowing for the house to be naturally ventilated, a rarity in such a constricted urban site. Either side was given over to the main bedrooms, with a third bedroom overlooking the rear courtyard. The resultant building is almost a perfect cube, measuring 45’x45’x45’, hovering above the pilot is of the parking level.