The House at Bishopsgate was designed by MKPL Architects is located in Singapore. Designed for an elderly couple who enjoys the outdoors and with friends, the house is located in a rising market, landing subdivision. It is perched on a site that is some 6m high road with a view overlooking the neighborhood.
A series of single-and double-storey pavilions loosely encapsulates a central garden area. The pool is built like a pond in the garden, where outdoor spaces are brought indoors and vice versa. A limited palette of colors and materials – stone, wood and terracotta tiles are used in a contemporary way, but adapted to its traditional form of roof overhangs and deep – a house modern tropical Asia.
Maturity and the majestic tree tembusu provides a visual counterpoint to the works of low-rise building – a good measure of its magnitude. Here, architecture is relaxed, welcoming traditional and modern construction with the site and increasing the natural precipice without distortion.
House at Bishopsgate By MKPL Architects, Singapore