H + J House

Basically, this building consists of one whole building, even though it looks like has 2 main parts. The ground floor is used for garage, multifunction rooms and for service area. The next level is designed to provide user needs such as kitchen, pantry that lay right behind the dining and living room. Both front and back facing green area. The central part that used for communal area designed as an open plan area encircled with sliding glass door.

This kind of opening also facilitates cross ventilation that reduces of using artificial air conditioning and lighting. Different with the level before, the second floor just used for private area, such as a master bedroom, two kid bedrooms, study room and library that facing toward the void.  

Looking at the overall colour tone of exterior, the façade is balanced well by mixing soft brown from travertine with white patterned wall in the centre. Meanwhile in interior, rather than mix and match the wall with colourful paint, the architect chooses off white palette as final to create such a plain canvas to the surrounding.