Nassim House, Singapore | studioMilou

2021 International Chapter Architecture Awards


2021 international chapter Architecture Awards: People's Choice

Nassim House, Singapore | studioMilou

residential architecture | houses (new)

The brief for studioMilou’s Nassim residence in Singapore took inspiration from the monumental highland forests. Two connecting residences are designed into a hill slope, supported by irregular vertical colonnades recalling a forest wall, accommodating four generations within abundant landscaping. Conceived as a sculpture, the structures seem cast in bronze, within a towering landscape of elements, metal, stone, forest, water, light, and shadows. The design privileges simple forms and verticality according to the brief’s emphasis on forest-like structures and natural ventilation. As in nature, complex processes are hidden from sight. A driveway descends to a basement out of view, ensuring uninterrupted pedestrian areas above. gardens.

Influenced by the studioMilou’s work with public projects, the design opens to the streetscape, inviting visual connections through the slender vertical forms that border the footpath and each structure. By night, a chandelier of 1700 hand-crafted Czech crystals create a wave of light, illuminating the streetscape.

Nassim House, Singapore | studioMilou | Photographer: Marc-Studio Periphery

Architect

Practice team

Jean Francois MILOU | Design Architect

GOH Jiarong | Designer In-Charge

NGUYEN Thanh Trung |  Design Manager

CHOW Khoon Toong | Assistant Designer

CONSULTANT AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM

Daiya Engineering and Construction Pte Ltd | Builder

KCL Consultants Pte Ltd | Civil & Structural Engineer

Tritont Consulting LLP | Mechanical & Electrical Engineer

Davis Langdon KPK (AECOM) | Quantity Surveyor

studioMilou + Sprout Atelier | Landscape Consultant

Hadi Komara & Associates | Lighting Consultant

PlusDesign | Interior Designer

Marc-Studio Periphery | Photographer

Rey-Hype Digital | Photographer

Trung Thanh Nguyen – studioMilou | Photographer

Jean Francois Milou – studioMilou | Photographer

PROJECT LOCATION

Singapore

National Partners

Principal Partner
National Corporate Partners
National Supporting Partners
National Supporting Partners
National Insurance Partner
National Media Partner
Preferred Photography Partner

This form is now closed.