SPLIT HOUSE

TYPOLOGY : Residential
CLIENT : Private Client
PLOT SIZE : 655sqm
LOCATION : Lagos, Nigeria
STATUS : Construction Documentation   

When viewed from outside the Split House appears like the typical terrace apartment but the interior spaces are distributed across multiple split levels. The building’s depth is significantly reduced because of the long and narrow nature of the site.

We created an illusion of greater depth by introducing giant atria – which rise from the first floor all through to the third floor and open to the sky – in the middle of the apartments flanked on either sides by living spaces at alternating split levels.

Large skylights top the atria and resolve the challenging task in terrace houses of letting in natural light into the core of the apartments. The open interior helps create expansive visual connections across multiple spaces both vertically and horizontally. These open spaces also help foster seamless interactions amongst residents with screen slats used in certain areas to control privacy.

The exterior is a simple white box punctuated with varying sizes of balconies and large glazed openings.