CASCADE HOUSE

Project/ Status:
Residential (Reconstruction), Completed

Location:
Keris Drive, Singapore

The Cascade House is a response to the owner’s desire to create a modern residential living space with good quality of light and a renewed sense of spaciousness out of an existing shell. This requirement is a challenge in itself given the terrace house typology- which leaves only the front and rear exterior façade as direct source of daylight.

Working with the existing central open staircase core, nestling spaces of the house alongside pockets of light quickly became a design strategy that guided the conceptual and planning process.

On the ground level, guests are welcomed by a continuous horizontal through view of the living, dining and dry kitchen space. A triple volume void framed with layered landscape in turn provides a sneak peek of the upper level and acts as vertical light shaft connecting all floors. Way up at the topmost attic level, full sliding glass openings provides the master bedroom with a seamless view of the sky and outdoor workout area beyond. Throughout, neutral palette was adopted to achieve a restful and calm interior.     

Outside, a play of folded enclosures and vertical screen provides balance between shade and privacy. With each staggered layer of roof planes, the illusion of rising heights and a cascading geometry is created.

Photography: Fabian Ong