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Halo House/Tamara Wibowo Architects
Year:
2022
manufacturer: Fritz Hansen, hansgrohe, Louis Poulsen, National crafts, tom dixon, &Tradition, shape, granite tiles, Hay design, Noel International, Kohler, Lusplan, Philip Lakeman, Pima Jaya Interior Design, leisure furniture, stone gallery, Come on parquet, Toto, Venus tiles-
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Text description provided by the architect. Quietly situated on the corner of a peaceful neighborhood in Semarang, Halo House takes the form of a modern barn, arranged according to the placement of existing trees on the site while incorporating passive design into the house. The house has two parts: an elongated pitched roof structure along the north-south axis, and a thin platform connecting the pitched roof structure in the middle. This platform was then punctured where the existing trees were positioned in a circular fashion while defining the courtyard throughout the house. The circular expression is then further used to emphasize the main areas such as the entrance, dining area and swimming pool. These circular voids, or “halos” as we call them, give a strong character to the architecture and spatial experience of the house. The halo allows light to penetrate the house in interesting forms throughout the day and gives shape to falling rain.
Much of the house’s exterior is clad in black charred wood created through the Shou Sugi Ban method, a process of intentionally burning wood to obtain a more weather-resistant, termite-proof and fire-resistant material. What’s more, the dark and burnt expression creates an interesting architectural quality that suggests an atmosphere of stillness and calm, while also contrasting with the circular light from the halo. To balance the darkness of the charred exterior, the interior mainly uses wooden furniture, raw concrete for the walls and polished concrete for the floors. The materials included can also be adapted to meet the specific needs of the user. The house was designed for a young couple with three small children. Due to the child’s allergies to fur or wool, no carpets were used in the house. To this end, handmade custom tiles were used throughout the house, creating a unique tactile experience as an alternative to carpet.
The house is arranged in a way that creates multiple levels of indoors and outdoors, so each room gets air and light on two sides of the room. When one reaches the entrance garage, the first thing one sees is a wide concrete ceiling terrace with a halo and a large wooden screen that separates the public and private areas. People can see through the screen the courtyard and swimming pool behind the restaurant. Entering the house, one reaches the dining area located in the center of the house, which connects the courtyards on the south and west sides and the swimming pool on the north side. The kitchen is located next to the dining area and is further defined by a lower wooden ceiling and wooden built-in furniture. The swimming pool is accessed through three areas: the dining area, the living room and the master bedroom. People will experience the pool as being between indoor and outdoor spaces, as the halo concrete canopy shades half of it, while leaving the rest completely open. Adjacent to the dining room is the living room with direct access to the west courtyard and swimming pool. The stairs to the second floor are located in the living room. The staircase is made of 15mm dark gray steel plate, which serves as both the railing and the structure of the staircase, while the steps and handrails are made of wood, balancing the coldness and solidity of the structure with the warmth of the wood. Overall, the staircase is like a sculpture that quietly decorates the living room.
The house also employs a passive design strategy by elongating the second floor volume and placing it on the west side of the house so that it can provide shade to the rest of the house in the afternoons. The west side has a rather solid facade that only allows light and air to enter the house through a wooden screen located on the west courtyard and staircase. On the east side, the façade is completely covered with wooden screens that act as a double skin, gently filtering the morning sunlight and creating a series of sunlight and shadows along the corridor. Operable wooden screens lead to rows of circular roof gardens and halos, alternating between greenery and voids.
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