Archifest 2009-Lien Collectives: Ministry of Design

In one of the bigger plots at the site, Ministry of Design (MOD) engaged the site in a very understated fashion, quite unlike the usual style of the young Singaporean firm. The design of the house was intended to relate to the elongated context of the site. It was conceived to be a continous space. It's most obvious when seen from the roof top view. Here's a computer-generated image that best shows this view...

The house is flanked on the side with a narrow pool that takes the shape of the house. At the elevation view, one can see a few layers - from the water edge, the timber walkway to the walls of the house and the flat roof that followed the shape of the house.

The palette for the interior was very much clean and simple - white washed walls with white marble and mosaics for the bathroom. The floor is expressed as a seemless expression by way of timber strips that line the spaces from entry through to the corridors and to the individual bedrooms.