A two-storey bungalow, the gardenshell house began a fresh series of houses which attempt to maximise the trades and materials of local industry and minimise cost through methods of unfinish: an early beginning to an aesthetic of the 'under constructed'. With walls of pervious cement brick dimensioned for passive cooling, the occlusion of water during the monsoons, and the sibilant hiss of an elevated concrete transit line running along the rear boundary of the site, the gardenshell house wraps its private inner and transparent spaces with an enclosure of un-plastered brick set into the frame of a similarly unfinished concrete structure – a raw shell designed to receive protection from the elements and a finish of natural growth with each passing year.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | NROC-0012-0008 |
| Caption: | Shell House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Architect: Kevin Low, 2010. Living room. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 3801 x 4414 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 01/11/2010 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Nick Rochowski/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Shell House |
| Headline: | Shell House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Architect: Kevin Low, 2010. |
| City: | Kuala Lumpur |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Architect: | Kevin Low |
| Architect Website: | http://www.small-projects.com/ |
| Category: | Private Home |
| Building Type: | Experimental House |
| Year of Completion: | 2010 |
| Collection: | VIEW Interiors |
| Public Notes: | A two-storey bungalow, the gardenshell house began a fresh series of houses which attempt to maximise the trades and materials of local industry and minimise cost through methods of unfinish: an early beginning to an aesthetic of the 'under constructed'. With walls of pervious cement brick dimensioned for passive cooling, the occlusion of water during the monsoons, and the sibilant hiss of an elevated concrete transit line running along the rear boundary of the site, the gardenshell house wraps its private inner and transparent spaces with an enclosure of un-plastered brick set into the frame of a similarly unfinished concrete structure – a raw shell designed to receive protection from the elements and a finish of natural growth with each passing year. |
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| Orientation: | V |
| Type: | Experimental House |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Full Frame |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | General view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Interior |
| Photographer: | Nick Rochowski |
| Source File Name: | NROC-0012-0008.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |