Architects:Eleena Jamil Architect

Area :272 m²

Year :2020

Photographs :David Yeow Photography

Architectural Design Team : Eleena Jamil, Yow Pei San, Dalia Qistina Nasaruddin, Bahirah Rahman, Cheah Zhi Bin, Nurhidayah Ab Razak

Interior Design Team : Eleena Jamil, Yow Peisan, Chow Lai Leng

Contractor : TH Tham Engineering Sdn Bhd

City : Kuala Lumpur

Country : Malaysia

The ‘End-lot’ House is a remodelled urban home located in Bangsar, a bustling neighbourhood in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The term ‘end-lot’ is commonly used in Malaysia to describe a house at the end of a row of terraces. The original structure was built in the 1980s with low ceilings and floors split into 4 different levels within a two-storey structure. It also comes with a narrow linear garden along its open boundary. The project came together as an exercise of extending the existing structure to accommodate a couple, their two young children and visiting guests in a comfortable family home. The family wanted a home that is lucid, comfortable, and private with views of the city.

The remodelling involves adding a level at the top, something that the local authority permits to increase the densities of this area of the city. It also includes removing several non-loadbearing walls and floor slabs to create a double height volume and voids for a new staircase. The removal of walls allows the ground floor to be reconfigured as a single space for daytime dwelling life and the upper floors to have more sizable rooms and efficient circulation.