The Skywalker House is a modern house located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed in 2012 by S.PIN Architect.

Description
THE SITE & BRIEF
The Skywalker House is a house design prototype that ‘skywalks’ on a 42-degree slope, minimizing footprint & complementing the surrounding green at the same time, proofing the viability of the co-existence between nature and architecture.
The house, for a medium-size family, is located at Bangsar, a hilly posh suburb near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The site is at the least developed section of the suburb surrounded by green. The brief called for a 3-level modern house that has to sit comfortably on a steep 0.2-acre site overlooking the surrounding urban skyline. The only access is from the slope toe, 19 meters lower than the rear boundary. The gentle profile at the hilltop is only 15% of the site area. This has prompted the architect to seek a new prototype design for this challenging condition. CONCEPT
Taking advantage of Malaysia’s rich multi-racial heritage (Malay, Chinese & others), the architect drew inspiration from the local ethnics? vernacular architecture to address the design challenges. One of them is borrowing ideas from the Malay vernacular architecture to lift this modern house off the ground to minimize the impact on the terrain & trees. 30% of it has also been cantilevered to minimize the stilts intrusion, with only a retaining wall at the slope toe to the house car park.
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