Location
- Malaysia
City
- Kuching | Sarawak
Duration
- 2021
Client
- Dato Richard L.C. Wee and Datin Dona Drury-Wee
Surface
- Site area
- : –
- Building area
- : –
- Building height
- : 3 m | 1 storey
Status
- Completed
Project Type
- Special Projects
Themes
- Dog House
This is a small addition we completed for our client’s dogs as part of the Open House anthology, which began with Open House I.
It is part of a series of additions and renovations commissioned after the completion of Open House II in 2017: a dining pavilion facing the swimming pool, an extension to their Asian kitchen, a nursery for their first grandchild above the ‘ruai’ gallery, a downstairs bedroom for grandma; a bar store-cum-greenhouse and now a TV room and a kennel for four dogs with a garden so that they can run about.
Some friends wondered why the design and construction of a kennel would require an architect – surely a builder and a clear brief stating the physical requirements would do?
Perhaps. But not if the client sees the addition as a continual extension to the house, and the architect sees it as the continuation of their professional and personal relationship. We also saw the project as a means for the office to:
- Exercise design thinking,
- Try out new methods of construction,
- Train a new member of staff,
- Widen our project portfolio (this is our first dog house), and
- Earn fees to pay for this new member of staff.
Team Credits
Architect
- MinWee Architect
Contractor
- Liew Kuet Chen
Design Team
- Wee Hii Min
- Sandra Leong
Photography
- Sean Wee
- Sandra Leong
- Wee Hii Min
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