Keeping cool in
tropical Singapore could be the whole problem, even if someone decides to turn
to expensive and wasteful air conditioners to complete.
So when Wallflower
Architecture and Design began to create Wind Vault House in the island nation,
the company has established an elaborate system of passive cooling.
A bit like a store Wind
Vault House to be honest, so far very attractive building.
A two-storey (plus
attic) home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, maid's room, prayer room and
even a lift. The area of the building is 553 m (5950 sq ft) and rises above the
ground on concrete piles.
As the name implies,
Wind Vault House was built with the aim of maximizing catch the prevailing
winds that blow from the nearest coastline, and therefore, the north and south
facades of the house are made up of a plurality of wooden slats that perform
multiple functions. In addition to the proposed functions, and rather banal
privacy and reducing glare of the sun, wooden screens can be arranged at an
angle, almost like a ship's sail, to catch the winds and directing them to the
house.
In the Wind Vault House
also has a swimming pool, located in a cooling by evaporation of the water and
reduces the temperature of the air at the local level. Wallflower Architecture
and Design also planted trees polyauliya (Polyalthia) to the border area,
which, according to the comments of the company, will help reduce the air
temperature. Wind Vault House was completed in 2012.
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