The Naruma Trio

2019 | Singapore | Multi-Residential, Residential

Becoming Home

A play on the Japanese word “Naru” meaning “become”, and the Malay word “Ruma” meaning “home”, “Naruma” translates to an aspiration for the project to truly become home for the residents.

Located in Singapore, which has a colonial past, the trio of houses took on the form of urban townhouses; appropriate forms that invoke the nostalgic ties to the memory yet were re-interpreted with modern construction syntax and old barnyard brick work.

  • Awards

    The Plan Awards 2020, - Shortlisted, House

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Functional spaces are stacked on three
levels to take advantage of the elevated
land, gaining the best vantage point of the
surrounding landscape and downtown view.

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Voids perforating through the floors and screens are strategically used to
delicately balance the need to bring in air and light, as well as to preserve
privacy between the long and narrow plots.

The result is a delightful interplay of penetrable spatial and visual transparencies. There is a simplicity and honesty in the design of Naruma, in the inherent beauty of the materials, and the effortless quality of free-flowing space that quietly and elegantly fills the functions of home.

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