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This week, we visit a really differentiated landed home located in Upper Bukit Timah. The owners engaged Kimen Group (the developers behind the unique Jervois Mansion) to showcase a “new urban kampong” concept that blends traditional village living with modern urban living. The house is designed to foster a sense of community and togetherness among its residents while providing all the modern amenities and technology that are essential for modern living.
When the owners first came across the existing home, there was not much interest due to the trapezoid-shaped piece of land. But this is where good design comes in, as the designers (Jerry Lee and Anson Ho of LST Architects, and Calvin Chua from Spatial Anatomy) were able to make the best use of the land.
The house comprises 3 and a half levels occupying 9,000 square feet of build up area, each with its own unique features and design elements.
Once you step inside you’ll immediately feel the sense of space. The main gate opens up to a car porch that can fit three cars, a basketball court, and a maintenance work staging space. But that’s just the beginning.
Head down to the basement level and you’ll find yourself in a world of greenery. On the left is a high-ceiling workspace-studio-library, while on the right is a staircase flanked by a linear fern garden that spans the entire depth of the house. The fern garden ends with a vertical green wall, where sunlight streams in from the skylight. Inside the workspace-studio-library are four work cubicles, one for each family member, along with a lounge and large-format smart TV perfect for work presentations or movie screenings.
There’s even a library on the mezzanine level with bookshelves and a massage lounger with a garden view. A full-sized table-tennis table serves as a small-group discussion table or meeting area, while a feature wall doubles as hidden storage space. The area was designed as a start-up space that can accommodate up to six people.
The first floor is where you’ll find the living room, dining area, kitchen, and guest room. The living area overlooks a front garden and a back garden-turned-urban farm patch, where blue peas, vegetables, papaya trees, and banana trees are grown. The piano and violin corner flows seamlessly into the living and dining areas and serves as a performance stage “for an evening of music and entertainment.”
Head up to the second level and you’ll find the family’s private quarters. This level has a family room and four en suite bedrooms, including the master suite. All four en suite bedrooms have a “mini Zen garden” in the bathroom, inspired by the owner’s “kampong boy” reminiscence. The second level is flanked by front and back gardens, just like the first level.
On the third level, you’ll find the family entertainment and recreational areas, including a private gym, barbecue pit, and jacuzzi pool. The owners have also planted herbs and vegetables such as rosemary, lady’s fingers, pandan, lemongrass, and eggplant in a garden that gets abundant sunlight and can supply the family with homegrown food.
But it’s not just about aesthetics and comfort in this house. To reduce the need for air conditioning, the open stairwell linking the ground floor to the rooftop serves as an air funnel, directing hot air to the air-extractor fan on the third floor. Energy-saving fans are installed in every room, and the ceiling height for every level is between 3.2m and 3.5m. Glass panels between the wall and ceiling let natural light into the inner spaces of each floor to further reduce the need for artificial light during the day. Plus, the entire roof is fitted with 26 solar panels that substantially reduce the electrical load drawn from the grid.
And to address the privacy issue, the façade of the house is wrapped by a perforated screen that lets in ample daylight and air while providing maximum privacy at night. The effect is like a lantern at night.
Overall, this house showcases the perfect blend of functionality, sustainability, and modern design, truly representing the “new urban kampong” concept.
Developer: https://instagram.com/kimengroup
Architect: https://instagram.com/jla_sg & LST Architects
Interior: Design https://instagram.com/anatomy.sg
Photographer: https://instagram.com/fabian_ong_
Drone Footage: Leow Aik Kian
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Nomoskar
those plants in the shower getting their daily dose of shampoo huh
a real trophy house
Nice. This is the kind of innovative space I expect people with money to live in. Don't be a boring rich person.
Absolutely love the way they brought nature indoors! This project is really quite intriguing, the house is an interesting mix of the sterile modern architecture and homely interior design and furnishing filled with greenery and nature. It is a beautiful contrast! ♥
Can we have a separate channel for this kind of landed homes 😂
rich & classy nice
It's like a marriage of an art gallery with nature; that drone scene showing off the place lit during dusk is really something.
I was imagining an introduction of even more natural elements to the exteriors, like an waterfall feature, off like the top floor shower place.
May I know where is the Chinese calligraphy at the main door from?
Also there is a ceiling lamp with red wiring. Which brand is it from?
Basketball net should be grey, white or black instead of red and blue.. Grass should be golf grass imho hehe
I will love to tour homes with universal design features that allow for aging in place or accommodate people with mobility issues (e.g., use of walkers, wheelchair). So many homes with such features don’t have pleasing aesthetics and even look like hospitals.
I am utterly speechless, this is absolutely beautiful and inspiring!
Beautiful used of Space… Nice flow to the whole house.
feels innovative but spaces seem wasted … homeowners must like it but personally not a fan
Creative & innovative. Well done. Thanks for showing this Stacked Homes.
Absoluttely Exequsite!
I am speechless 🔥🔥🔥🔥 when I pick up my jaw I will come back with a comment 🤣
Fabulous. 🙌🏽✨
The plants are so close to the shower floor, I wonder are they going to survive exposing to soap water.
What a complex design.
Very intriguing!
Wow this is one of the rare landed homes i have seen with both a well designed exterior/interior and a distinct personality! Love it, especially how the numerous plants and artworks soften the numerous stark geometric shapes/sharp angles, which would be overwhelmingly harsh and normally be too "high-concept" t for a residential dwelling.
Not surprised to know this is developed by Kimen – attention to detail has always been its forte
Wow, loved the greenery and interior design. Well done Calvin!
Just amazing on how this house came together. I am intrigued about the interior space even after watching the video several time, would love to see their floor plan to know how it all came together.
just how much would it take to build such amazing house?