Changi Bungalow / Formwerkz Architects

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Text description provided by the architects. Formwerkz Architects had to design a space sufficient to house the client’s multi-generation family of 11 persons within a fairly small built-up area of 4600 sq ft. The amount of built-up area allowable for the particular site is largely pre-deteremined by the local authorities' zoning act. In addtion, the client has certain 'fengshui' requirements. Two of the key requirements that to some extend shaped the massing and layout of the design are that “no hole be bored into the ground and the house to be under one roof”.The first requirement ruled out the possibilty of a basement and the need for the swimming pool to be raised above grade.