The house is situated in an old residential district with predominant single-storey houses for the past century, and the recent reconstruction activities has seen sprouting of multiple-storey houses rising awkwardly within the neighbourhood. The Pitch House has been retained as a single storey house to preserve the existing scale of the houses in the neighbourhood. 

© Jaume Albert Martí

Architects: Atelier M+A

Location: Singapore

Architect In Charge: Masaki Harimoto, Ng Ai Hwa

Design Team: Steffi Marie Escalera Vinca, Chau Zi En, Trang Nguyen-Pham

Area: 160.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jaume Albert Martí , Masaki Harimoto
Builder: IBuilders Pte Ltd

© Masaki Harimoto

The house is situated in an old residential district with predominant single-storey houses for the past century, and the recent reconstruction activities has seen sprouting of multiple-storey houses rising awkwardly within the neighbourhood. The Pitch House has been retained as a single storey house to preserve the existing scale of the houses in the neighbourhood. 

© Jaume Albert Martí

A single pitch roof is designed to slope away from the three-storey high party wall of the adjacent house, and the roof is positioned low in height with a gentle roof angle. The car porch roo...