Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects

Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Facade
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  • Design Team: ‘Ann’ Tipnipa Pantipjatuporn, Tran Thi Thu Trang, Monero Rochelle Abanes, Thomas Ong
  • Country: Singapore
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Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Windows, Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. More than just a screen for privacy and sun-protection, the concrete brise-soleil captures and intensifies nature along the perimeter of the house – a series of lush, landscaped verandahs immediately adjacent to the indoor spaces. Every single room at the upper levels looks into its very own private garden; one with a semi-outdoor bathtub that is literally outside, yet visually protected and well sheltered from the elements.

Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Windows, Facade
© Derek Swalwell
Basement and 1st floor plan
Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Windows, Facade
© Derek Swalwell

The pattern of the screen follows an underlying grid, but skips certain intervals to produce a composition with rhythm and a more asymmetric sense of balance. Other parts of the screen also form planter boxes, allowing more layers of green to grow and slowly reveal itself over the concrete.

Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Table, Windows, Beam, Chair
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Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Beam
© Derek Swalwell

Landscaping continues into other parts of the house. A courtyard at the second storey next to the staircase allows air and light into the central part of the house. The blues and greens from the pool and the heavy planting along side dominates the main living spaces on the ground floor, again celebrating nature as an integral part of one’s dwelling place.

Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects - Chair, Garden, Deck, Courtyard
© Derek Swalwell

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Cite: "Verdant Verandahs House / HYLA Architects" 30 Oct 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/927362/verdant-verandahs-house-hyla-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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