Water Garden House is a beautiful contemporary residence located in Singapore, designed in 2020 by Wallflower Architecture + Design.

Description
A property owned for 30 years, the tired old house was to make way for a new one that maximized the allowable built envelope, while addressing new needs and wants. Among them was a desire to have a waterfall feature in the design, and a need for privacy from the many neighbours.
The site is perfectly circular when seen from the top, and unique in Singapore. This circle bounds a site that is in the middle of a steep valley.
Unlike hillside sites that we had previously encountered, from the front gate, a narrow driveway descends 3.4 meters to the existing platform level (1st story) and then the site starts to slope down 5.3 meters into the valley. The circular site lacked lawn areas and was also surrounded by six houses. The shape and sloping topography of the site were the obvious challenges to address. With simplicity and efficiency as prioritized planning attributes, the house took on a C shaped outward looking courtyard configuration. As the garden at the bottom of the valley was inaccessible, the sloping site gave inspiration to incorporate within the C shape cascading pools and terraces that would logically flow down to the ?valley?. Lush greenery was integrated into every level of the house to balance the lack of lawn area. The swimming pool edge empties as a waterfall, enjoyed as one enters at ...