Armadillo House / Formwerkz Architects

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Text description provided by the architects. The 2-1/2 storey corner terrace house in Singapore, is flanked on its long western face by a Category 3 road with a traffic crossing and a highway viaduct. The site is polluted with noise arising out of the on-coming traffic at 2 different speeds and its accompanying privacy issues due to its close proximity to the main thoroughfares. The site tapers from the front to the back, with its longest face exposed to the heat of the western sun and the front facing an road intersection.The client wanted a house that can adapt to the expanding needs of a multi-generation family and called for a sustainable design that can mediate the extremely unfavorable site condition while minimizing its energy demand from air-conditioning.