RIMBA HOUSE
A Sanctuary DwellingTYPE Detached House
STATUS Design
LOCATION Brunei Darussalam
CLIENT Private
TEAM: Iskandar Idris, Aslam Salim
STATUS Design
LOCATION Brunei Darussalam
CLIENT Private
TEAM: Iskandar Idris, Aslam Salim
Rimba House is a dwelling designed as a sanctuary space to respite.
An exterior concrete shell is designed with openings and crevices for landscape to propagate reminiscing of ancient structures taken over by nature.
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The scale and materiality of the exterior are contrasted with that of the interior, which is delicate, warm and of human scale.
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