Brick Row Houses
Wrapped in a white skin of perforated blocks, the Brick row House is the result of a renovation of one of the previous generic row houses within a once expensive urban area that was hit by an economic crisis in Cambodia . The architects make use of passive solar design principles as well as expert space planning to create a bright and spacious 50 bedroom townhouse that is superbly ventilated, offers privacy, security and a fair amount of garden space, a far cry from its former self. The previous block was clustered and somewhat complicated, so the designers basically cleared out the ground floor (labeled as first floor on the drawings), situating utilities and vertical circulation along the west wall, to create and fairly large open plan living area with lots of daylight and great cross ventilation, while the spaces at the front and the rear of the home were preserved as parking garage and garden respectively. They also added an extra floor...