Singapore’s First 3-D Printed House Is Retro-Futuristic
2024 Best of Year Winner for Medium City House
The first 3-D printed house in Singapore pays homage to the planet’s first energy source, the sun, via a conical central form rising multiple stories and terminating with an oculus above the ground-floor dining area. Vents at the base allow hot air to rise through the cone, where it’s disbursed by a passive turbo extractor fan on the roof. A heat pump for water, meanwhile, generates waste cool air that passively chills the circular staircase as it leads to the mezzanine, second story, and attic, each with their own bedrooms and bathrooms. The aesthetic of the 6,000-square-foot residence by Park + Associates is appropriately retro-futuristic. And while the prototype might be the first of its kind, with results like this, it certainly won’t be the last.
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PROJECT TEAM: LIM KOON PARK; CHRISTINA THEAN; JUTHATHONG RUTCHATANUNTAKIT; ESTHER WONG.
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