Playhouse by Aboday

26 August 2010

   

A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child’s bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12.

Play House is part of a gated cluster of 120 residences in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang.

Apart from three enclosed bedrooms the interior is an open-plan space with whitewashed walls and exposed ten-metre concrete ceilings.

An open staircase sits between the library and living area on the ground floor and leads up to a gallery on the first.

The two-storey house has an exposed concrete exterior covered in part by climbing plants, and punctuated by slit windows and ceiling-height glazing.

The house has a large thermal mass due to its concrete construction, relying on natural ventilation and shading, heat-resistant finishes, and a forty-millimeter wall cavity to prevent overheating during the summer.

All photographs are by Happy Lim Photography.

Here’s some more from the architects:

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‘Play’ House, Bumi Serpong Damai,Tangerang

This 2 storey house is located in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang. Part of a new gated housing cluster, the house is an amalgamation of an existing 120 type house with a new building in its adjacent 200 sqm empty plot.

Restricted by its corner setback, the building occupies only 150 sqm of the total 320 sqm land. The look is straight forward, mimicking the sloping roof of neighboring house.

The material is almost bare, with dominantly exposed concrete as its main pallete, punctuated by small glass incision and opening towards the main road.

Generally, it appears as an inward orientation building with plenty of vertical green walls providing a friendly gesture to otherwise staid looking house.

The house will be mostly occupied by a multi generation family of 3. However, the king of the house is a 5 year old boy who thinks that life is all about play, hence the design of the house.

There is a sculptural slider of concrete, tuck in the corner between 2 main building massing.

It is his choice of ‘transportation mode’ from his bedroom in 2nd floor to dining room in the 1st floor, instead of the normal open staircase located between the small library and living area.

This slider also his favorite place to play after his hectic tuition schedule, covered sometimes with pieces of plastic and clothes on both end to be his secret cave.

Except for the 3 enclosed bedrooms, the rest of the house is an open space dominated by white and grey palette of exposed concrete wall and ceiling.

Some flaws during the concrete pouring on the wall and ceiling left trace of ‘elements’ that become a natural ornamentation in the house.

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Concrete has been chosen as main building material, simply because of its dualism quality. It has a much needed strength as structural element; yet its flexibility creates an interesting tension which produces certain emotion in places it shapes.

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The decision of using a dominantly concrete wall and roof, however, poses quite a challenging situation in this tropical climate, as this material has been known for trapping heat easily.

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By having an extremely high ceiling (10 meter in height), applying a special coating of heat resistant membrane on the external roof surface and leaving external wall occupied by plenty of cripple plants (which soon will grow to the roof); it helps to reduce internal heat accumulation significantly.

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Here, natural ventilation and lighting play an important aspect of the house. All open spaces have no air conditioning system, and dependent entirely on the opening and incision between walls, windows and roof for fresh air ventilation generated by a series of ceiling fan suspended beneath the concrete roof using a metal rod mechanism.

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To generate an ever changing flow of air, there is some part of walls that has been built apart by 40 cm, allowing the creation of ‘rain’ window by operating horizontal glass louvre within this long gap.

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And rather than having a low manicured garden, house owner has opted to plant big trees instead, positioned strategically on the garden surface to provide a much needed shade areas during a certain period of the day (especially in the area where glass window has extended floor to ceiling).

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This few ‘low tech’ strategies have been providing simple solution to many common problems occur causes by the use of extensive concrete materials.

Architect : Aboday – Ary Indra, Rafael David, Johansen Yap, Wahid Annasir, Armeyn Ilyas

Structure Consultant : Prijasembada

M & E Consultant : Darwan

Landscape : Hagani Flora

Contractor : Sabar

Photography : Happy Lim

Sleepotel at The Sleep Event

7 November 2011

   

Dezeen promotion: check out the future of hotel design in the Sleepotel conceptual hotel installation at The Sleep Event in London later this month.

Designers including AR18, MONTAGE, Kohler Co and Kusch Design will create a live hotel environment to test their ideas for bars, bedrooms and bathrooms.

The Sleep Event takes place at the Business Design Centre in London from 23 to 24 November 2011 – register for free here.

Here are some more details from The Sleep Event:

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Sleepotel – the future of hotel design unveiled

How does the future of hotel design look to you?

Envisaging the future of hotel design is not an easy task. It takes creativity, innovation and the end result must meet the needs and demands of the industry.

That was the challenge extended to leading interior designers, architects, manufacturers and suppliers when they were invited to participate in the Sleepotel and their designs will be unveiled later this month in London when the Sleepotel opens its doors at the Sleep Event Europe 2011.

This live hotel environment will introduce design as an experience and demonstrate a range of pioneering approaches to deliver outstanding spaces to wow and inspire you for your future hotel budgets.

Renowned industry brands and world class designers who have participated in previous Sleepotels include Atelier Nini Andrade Silva, Blacksheep, Design LSM, JOI Design, MKV Design, Spa Vision, Space Therapy, Studio Archibella, and Utopia. Challenging their creative talents to bring you the future in hotel design for 2011 and beyond.

Responsible for the Sleepotel bar are AR18, a London based company specialising in the realisation of bespoke design and manufacture. They have created an outdoor space that attracts the inquisitive eye to enter and explore the features within.

Designing the first Sleepotel bedroom are Soho-Based design agency MONTAGE, who are best known for their work with luxury brands like Kerastase, Shu Uemura, Marc Jacobs and many others. With Armada, their newly developed design technology, they are introducing an artistically intelligent creative process which evokes a 4th dimension of design. Armada’s intuitive design process creates spaces which have an impact of awakening and revitalisation for the client. Clients will witness the development of their own deeper creativity, clarity and strength. Armada is about impact at a deeper level of intelligence.

Kohler Co, a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bathroom products, will show its diverse stable of leading businesses when they unveil their Sleepotel bathroom. Kohler Co presents ‘7 Brands: 1 Solution’ a fully designed hotel room featuring its bathroom and interiors brands; Kohler, Kallista, Daryl, Ann Sacks, Baker, McGuire and Mark David.

A-TYPIC designed by award winning practice RARE architecture in collaboration with Ligne Roset challenges the perception of a typical hotel room dimensions in the second Sleepotel bedroom. A range of dual function furniture pieces developed to respond to constrained conditions define a self-containing spine responding to multiple configurations. Our partners: Ligne Roset, Villeroy & Boch, Bristan, Lano, Geberit, Corian & Ligna.

The Kusch Design team aimed to create the sense of an outdoor space built within, through the use of design elements as metaphors for a natural environment. What anchors this design scheme is the use of low rectangular platforms set in a bed of smooth river stones as a foundation for the third Sleepotel bedroom. All other design elements within the space were carefully chosen to add texture, and interest creating a minimalistic, modern, and zen environment balanced with a sense of warmth and comfort.

The Naturalmat Green Room will demonstrate the best British brands and producers of fully sustainable hotel bedroom furnishings for the fourth bedroom of the Sleepotel. Focusing on the mattress and bed, the room will be a showpiece for the best in class eco interior products, manufactured from natural and sustainable materials, and will provoke the visitor to consider what the key products and features are for creating a healthier and more sustainable hotel sleeping environment.

Graven Images have collaborated with Ligne Roset and Porcelanosa to design the Sleeper bar in this year’s Sleepotel. Graven Images has a team of 30 in its studio in Glasgow’s Merchant City including interior designers, graphic designers, architects, 3D artists and exhibition designers. Max Flageollet, Director of Ligne Roset Contracts, comments on their involvement with this year’s Sleepotel: “Ligne Roset Contracts is particularly honoured to have been chosen as a partner of the Sleepotel 2011 bar. Ligne Roset enjoys an evolving relationship with Graven Images, which began with the selection of Ligne Roset lighting for the Missoni hotel in Kuwait. Sleeper Magazine, Graven Images and Ligne Roset Contracts all share the same values of creativity and quality. We expect that this dream team will create a bar that will be one of the most exciting features of the Sleep Event!”

Luxury Hotel Cosmetics is one of the largest suppliers of exclusive hotel cosmetics and spa products, encompassing a broad range of offerings from classic to contemporary designs and will be providing the Sleepotel cosmetics. The company is the exclusive license holder of an extended and well-balanced brand portfolio including Miller Harris, Elemental Herbology, Abahna, Cinq Mōndes, and Frette. Products include everything from cosmetics, bathroom amenities, travel kits, room fragrances, body wellness, to pillow sprays and aromatic candles.

To step inside the live hotel environment that is the Sleepotel, and experience design on another level, register free now for The Sleep Event Europe 2011 by visitingwww.thesleepevent.com.

Fusing inspiration, innovation and opportunities for the design, development and architecture of hotels across the globe, The Sleep Event Europe takes place at the Business Design Centre, London from 23-24 November. The event incorporates a top level two-day conference and the highly prestigious European Hotel Design Awards on 22 November.

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