Cloister House
An interior precedent demonstrating how a central planted courtyard and large sliding glass panels blur the boundary between indoor living spaces and the tropical landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The polished floor tiles extend seamlessly up to the threshold of the outdoor gravel garden bed.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- stone-tile
- plaster
- black-aluminum
Visual identifiers
- central-courtyard
- pitched-timber-ceiling
- sliding-glass-walls
- large-format-tiles
Style tags
- contemporary
- tropical
- minimalist
- warm-modern
Visual tags
- open-plan
- courtyard-house
- tropical-architecture
- indoor-outdoor
- residential
- timber-ceiling
- Geometry
- Symmetrical pavilion plan featuring a central open-air courtyard framed by large sliding glass doors, flanked by living and dining zones beneath dual pitched timber ceilings.
- Facade system
- Full-height black-framed glass sliding doors enclosing the central courtyard.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam framework supporting vaulted timber roof structures.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive single-story open-plan living space with high vaulted timber ceilings.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters from the central open courtyard and perimeter full-height glass, casting soft highlights across the polished tile floor and warm timber ceilings.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, airy, and grounded by natural wood tones and open views to greenery.
- Environmental context
- Tropical residential interior opening directly to an internal planted lightwell and surrounding garden views.
- Spatial experience
- The deep interior transitions smoothly to the outdoors through expansive glazing, visually extending the living room floor directly into the planted courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced bilateral symmetry created by the central courtyard axis dividing living and dining functions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical open-plan architecture
- Program
- Residential living and dining hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, glass, stone-tile, plaster, black-aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- central-courtyard, pitched-timber-ceiling, sliding-glass-walls, large-format-tiles
- Style tags
- contemporary, tropical, minimalist, warm-modern
- Visual tags
- open-plan, courtyard-house, tropical-architecture, indoor-outdoor, residential, timber-ceiling
- Geometry
- Symmetrical pavilion plan featuring a central open-air courtyard framed by large sliding glass doors, flanked by living and dining zones beneath dual pitched timber ceilings.
- Facade system
- Full-height black-framed glass sliding doors enclosing the central courtyard.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam framework supporting vaulted timber roof structures.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive single-story open-plan living space with high vaulted timber ceilings.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters from the central open courtyard and perimeter full-height glass, casting soft highlights across the polished tile floor and warm timber ceilings.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, airy, and grounded by natural wood tones and open views to greenery.
- Environmental context
- Tropical residential interior opening directly to an internal planted lightwell and surrounding garden views.
- Spatial experience
- The deep interior transitions smoothly to the outdoors through expansive glazing, visually extending the living room floor directly into the planted courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced bilateral symmetry created by the central courtyard axis dividing living and dining functions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical open-plan architecture
- Program
- Residential living and dining hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior