Jeremy Chia

Entrance redone

The animation features how the existing house has been reconfigured through the following strategies to make it more accessible & liveable for its residents with disabilities, street frontage interaction, subtraction, separation of private from the public, & additions or extensions.

View full video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpGPJxXdXE

The existing house poses several limitations concerning orientation, privacy, isolation & insufficient space for circulation. The site’s orientation poses a challenge to sunlight exposure in the house’s interior as its northern side also faces a two-storey building from its neighbour, blocking sunlight from entering. Meanwhile, the configuration lacks privacy as it features private bedrooms & a bathroom facing the street front & located right next to the entryway. The house also poses a problem for accessible circulation as the bedrooms are small & cannot accommodate for independent wheelchair usage due to the insufficient space for wheelchair circulation.

The following strategies, subtraction, separating private spaces from the public, bedroom+, & plug-in pod extensions responds to the limitations of the house. Subtraction responds to the lack of sunlight exposure by removing the brick & roof tile layers to allow sunlight penetration into its interior. Meanwhile, private spaces of bedrooms & bathrooms are moved to the back of the house while the kitchen & living to the front to provide privacy for residents. Bedroom+ builds on it by creating clusters of private spaces, compromising a bedroom, ensuite bathroom, & garden. A new enclosure pod added extends the needed space for circulation for wheelchair users as there is insufficiency to cater.

The reconfiguration of the house will positively impact the residents' experience as it offers more connection to nature.