Ninety Square Metres, Used Twice Almost every element does two jobs. The dining bench is storage, the stair is shelving, and the guest room folds away into the study for the fifty weeks a year nobody stays over. That principle came from the couple themselves, who arrived at the…

White rendered facade above the front lawn

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Keluarga HalimJune 7, 2024

BSD Minimalist Residence

Fewer Rooms, Better Rooms The brief asked for five bedrooms on a plot that could not carry them well. We built four, and the space that was saved went into a living room the family actually uses. That conversation took two full meetings before the family agreed to it, since…

Street facade at dusk with warm interior light

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Keluarga TanuwijayaMay 22, 2024

Pondok Indah Modern Residence

Privacy Without a Fortress Wall The street elevation is deliberately closed, but every room behind it opens fully to a private garden court, so the house never feels defensive from the inside. We modelled sightlines from the street at eye level before finalising the facade…

Street elevation with timber and dark cladding

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Keluarga NugrohoFebruary 9, 2024

Bintaro Family Home

A Narrow Lot, Used Fully The plot is only seven metres wide. Pushing the stair to the party wall freed the full width for living space on every floor. We tested the stair position against three alternative layouts before settling on the party wall, since moving it even half a…

Hillside residence seen from the approach road

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Keluarga WijayaNovember 30, 2023

Bukit Ligar Hillside Residence

Building with the Slope The site fell nearly six metres from the road to the rear boundary. Rather than cutting it flat and losing the character of the land, we split the house across three stepped levels so each floor opens onto its own piece of ground. Retaining walls were…

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Keluarga SantosoOctober 6, 2023

Gading Serpong Family Residence

One Room the Whole Family Shares Instead of a formal living room nobody would use, the ground floor is a single space where cooking, homework and television happen within sight of each other. We asked the family to sketch their own evening routine before we drew anything, and…