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The Forever House in Serangoon
Luxury Building Development in Southeast Asia – design by Wallflower Architecture + Design
31 Oct 2018
The Forever House
Architects: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Location: Serangoon, Singapore
The Forever House
For Wallflower Architecture + Design’s client, their dream house would also be their definitive family home. It had to have an urban presence, while having an open yet secure exterior space with sufficient privacy from the street.

With a no expense to be spared mandate, the architect was given a large wish-list that included a 6-car garage and a 25m long pool.
The elevated plot sits 4m above the street level and is surrounded by dense residential development. The eventual solution comes from a reconciliation of inherent constraints with opportunities embedded within the site and program.

A visually heavy base platform is expressed by slate covered terraced planters. Two distinct cantilevered volumes form the visible massing and embracing wings of the house which are pushed to the urban set-back limits of the site. The separated volumes are connected by a central circulation core.

A three-sided courtyard is formed from the residual space between the volumes. A glass lift and see-through staircase that winds around the transparent shaft vertically connect the various programmatic elements. The exterior facade...