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In Singapore, a Courtyard House by Atelier M+A

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A cheerful home from Atelier M+A in Singapore gets its occupants up to a roof terrace accessed via a sheltered central courtyard.

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Once on the roof, these clients are far from the urban bustle of the city.
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This is a house with an easygoing serenity and repose rarely found in the island of bustling Singapore.

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From the private internal courtyard, the house is partly transparent, allowing sight lines through to the boundary of a nature reserve that bounds the Upper Seletar reservoir.

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A single tree is placed in the center of the courtyard.

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On the crowded island, every inch of land is expensive, so the client’s desire to build just a single-story house is unusual.

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The rooms all open into the courtyard, and also out to the outdoors.

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The result is a sunny and happy home with an abundance of sunlight.

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Even the bedroom catches a glimpse of the internal courtyard.

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A skylight above the shower – making it seem outdoors – brings daylight down into the bathroom.

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The proportions are generous but never excessive.

‘Just enough’ appears to be the design brief.
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A wide welcoming portico is set above the entry door.

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In keeping with the understated style seen throughout; here two simple slabs of stone serve as entry stairs.

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