Hill Top Residence in Bukit Tunggal

Hill Top Residence Landscape in Bukit Tunggal

Interior Spaces Carefully Hill Top Residence

Natural Ventilation and Daylight Hill Top Residence

Pool Hill Top Residence in Bukit Tunggal by K2Ld Architects

Vertical Timber Slats Exterior Hill Top Residence

The architects devised a plan to reduce the basement opening while raising the pool level by a few steps. One of the first design hurdles designing this house was the topography and the land shape it sat on that is upon entering from the road the ground descends gradually down 6 meters. This meant excavating into the ground from a point that was half the length of the house in order for a basement to open out to the pool on the same level thus receiving natural lights and air. This was no small matter because with this sloping terrain and subsequent height to the basement opening this would hint at a house that could be a 3-storey structure.

While light was essential for human comfort living so was the need to shelter the artworks from excessive glare. Therefore the architects set out to balance both competing requirements and made all considerations to carve out corners, nooks, crannies and niches for gallery track lighting and sculpture placement. Similarly all the interior spaces were carefully shaded wherever there are openings, whether recessed under overhangs or mediated with screens and adjustable vertical timber slats. As a result of turning this situation into a winning opportunity the now well-lived basement gets natural ventilation and daylight. The space contains all necessary informal dwelling for family entertainment kids’ play a study and easy access to pool with washroom and showers.

Having overcome both of the above the architects took care to ensure the overall scheme was not compromised. This led to the construction of a very dramatic front and back cantilever on the upper storey whose bulky volume now sits ever so “weightlessly” on a smaller ground floor footprint. In doing so the house quietly asserts its majestic uniqueness on the overall elevated terrain almost like a crane resting on the hill. K2Ld Architects

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