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Project • By 6IX Design Office • Private Houses
Teresformasi
Teresformasi is a renovation of a 1980s intermediate terrace house in Melawati, KualaLumpur, designed by 6IX Design Office. The project reworks an existing 2,000-square-foot footprint without extension, focusing instead on spatial reorganisation to adapt the house to contemporary Malaysian family life
Zakee Man
Zakee Man
Zakee Man
The design is structured around a single architectural move: reopening and enlarging asealed service airwell at the centre of the house. Once closed off through successiverenovations, the airwell was doubled in size to bring daylight and natural ventilation back into the interior, transforming what was previously a dark and compartmentalised plan into a more open and legible spatial sequence.
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Project • By Gort Scott • Student Housing
St Hildas
St Hilda’s was founded in 1893 and the College site has evolved into an informal sequence of buildings set within beautiful gardens on the banks of the River Cherwell. Gort Scott – appointed following an international design competition in 2016 – introduced spatial coherence and a greater sense of place elevating the landscaped setting and the verdant edge of the River Cherwell.
Peter Cook
The previous entrance sequence was underwhelming and confusing, with a distinct ‘back of house’ feel and a large swathe of tarmac that detracted from the potential of the College’s picturesque setting. A small residential building dissected the College grounds at this pivotal location within the estate.
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