FICUS HOUSE

A new build house in Singapore, in partnership with Zarch Collaboratives. The house is organised around a central planted ‘island’ below a retractable fabric roof. The moat surrounding this island has a transparent base allowing light down to the basement below. Completed early 2015

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RELATED ITEMS
  • FICUS HOUSE – HABITUS MAGAZINE
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    The Ficus House has been published in a special 2015 edition of Singapore based magazine, HABITUS. You can read the the article here
  • FICUS HOUSE – CUBES MAGAZINE
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    The Ficus House has been published as a case study in the August/September edition of Singapore based magazine, CUBES.   You can read the the article here      
  • FICUS HOUSE – PRESENTATION BOARDS
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    A pair of presentation boards for the Ficus House, concentrating on the textures and light qualities found within the scheme. Bottom left photo on the left board  and top right photo the right board  by Albert Lim. Other photos by Hatterwan. A larger version of the boards
  • FICUS HOUSE – DRAWINGS
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    Site plan showing the house and surounding garden   – Section showing the central open atrium and planted island with basement feature wall below. The viewing window into the lap pool is also visible.      
  • FICUS HOUSE – FACADE FINS
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    The approach elevation is clad with a series of white painted aluminum fins. Straight fins are fixed perpendicular to the elevation, and curved fins (each in an ‘s’ shape) are positioned between these. The ‘S’ fins are in line with the front of the
  • FICUS HOUSE – SHADING RODS
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    Development of shading rods  for the west elevation of our Singapore project. Fabricated from powder-coated steel tubing, these rods provide shading to the ground floor living area, and privacy/fall protection to the terrace above. Each rod is manufactured to one of three
  • FICUS HOUSE – BLOCK WALL
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    The feature wall in the central courtyard (designed by Zarch) comprised a series of stacked rotating cubes. Each row is offset from the one below to create diagonal waves across the surface. The cubes were cast in concrete, with moulds formed to cast modules of 5 joined
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