Semi-transparent frame

Reacting to the owner’s unique requirement of a ‘transparent’ house like a shopping mall, we mediate the level of transparency with different types of screening devices- the aluminium mesh, bamboo ‘wall’ and blinds- blurring the visual threshold of the public and private and at times making the house ‘disappear’. It is an Un-private house. The ground level living space is a 26m long and 6m wide column free space with 3-sided full height glass panels exposing the user within. It brings in the views from the outside, taking advantage of the abundant greenery in the surroundings. The boundary walls mediate between the inside and outside. Behind the glass wall is a row of bamboo chosen for screening. It acts as a foreground for the floating gol... More