Luxury without regrets: The Cluny House

Arranged around a central courtyard (a pool of water) which acts as the fulcrum of the project, the Cluny home, completed in 2009 in Singapore, is surrounded by a luxuriant garden, underlining the close relationship between the building and its environment.

GUZ Architects adopted a number of solutions to create a home with a low environmental impact: electricity is generated by photovoltaic panels, hot water is heated by the sun, and passive cooling and natural ventilation work together to cut the building’s energy requirements significantly.

The materials used to build the home not only create a warm, luxurious atmosphere in Cluny House but save precious resources. Guz Architects opted for use of recycled teak and artificial wood to create comfort without harming the environment.

The technological installations, including an advanced home automation system (EIB system) favouring energy savings, are discretely integrated into the composition so that they do not compromise the visual impact of the construction.

The result is perfect integration of the luxuriant natural surroundings with this luxury home, without waste, meeting the studio’s goal of using structures, materials and technologies to create as much continuity as possible between inside and outside, between the built and natural environments, always with a view to sustainability.

Design: Guz Architects, www.guzarchitects.com
Location: Singapore
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall