This Couple's Home Is A Tropical Oasis With Wabi-Sabi Aesthetics

Take a peek into this hidden tropical home of a nature-loving couple, who incorporated it with wabi-sabi aesthetics designed by local architect Edmund Ng of Edmund Ng Architects.

The property's proximity to Windsor Nature Park was one of the main reasons that drew the couple to this estate located off Venus Drive. After returning from a four-year stint overseas, this seemed like the perfect location to build their home – one that was “modern and understated, and which blended in with the natural surroundings.”

The site conditions, however, were far from ideal. An existing drain cut through the rear of the property and there was a steep slope at the back of the house. The neighbour’s boundary wall also encroached on the plot.

Thankfully, Edmund Ng of Edmund Ng Architects managed to overcome all the technical challenges. With the original house demolished, the drainage diverted, the boundary issue resolved and the slope backfilled, construction proceeded without a hitch and the new house was completed in just 10 months.