Meyer House by WOHA Architects: Won SIA Architectural Design Awards 2022's Design of the Year
Scaled like a traditional French Chateau, WOHA Architects' MeyerHouse is designed to make each of its 56 units feels like a bungalow.
By Lynn Tan -
The Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) announced the winners of the SIA Architectural Design Awards 2022 last week.
The 21st cycle of the award bestowed a total of nine Merit Awards, seven Design Awards, and named two of the seven as Design of the Year.
One of which is the MeyerHouse by WOHA Architects in the Residential Projects category.
Located in a one-hectare prime residential enclave in the east, MeyerHouse comprises 56 residential units.
Designed by WOHA Architects, it offers "an opportunity for nearby landed homeowners to ‘right-size’ into bungalow-apartments-in-the-sky with expanded amenities and long views across the estate and an adjacent one-hectare park".
The 56 units are stacked in five-storey attic volume in C configuration.
All units overlook an internal forested garden that segues nicely into the adjacent public park.
"The building adopts a ‘House-in-a-House’ principle by amalgamating units into a form scaled to a traditional French Chateau," describes WOHA Architects.
"Its stately expressionism and uniform façade of bespoke GFRC louvres offer privacy to residents, screen building services, and abstract the building envelop into a sculptural form that is delightfully lit at night."
At the centre of this C configuration is a long pool framed by a low-slung stone house that contains communal lounges and entertainment amenities.
"The Jury is impressed by the Architect’s single-mindedness in the systemisation of components and configuration in plans and elevation, culminating in a well-resolved five-storey “Bungalow Apartments-in-the-Sky” development," cited the SIA Awards Jury.
Spacious indoor living spaces extend onto large outdoor spaces, giving each unit a bungalow-in-the-sky feel.
"Overall, the beautifully detailed and handsome building exudes a quiet confidence in its residential enclave. Standing out in the current trend of architectural exuberance, this architecture is a unique work of restraint elegance and sophistication," the jury elaborates. "For these reasons, the Jury unanimously accorded the project Design of the Year."