Solis Ortus

The design was a consciously ‘layered’ approach that sought to create a sanctuary in an urbanized tropical context. The Layers that distance and isolate, filter and insulate as well as protect and create freedom was the modus operandi. Primarily, the spatial connections made are envisioned as those that link architecture to natural phenomena, and therefore, to essential place making; places that create the atmosphere of ‘home’. This was the homeowners’ prerogative – to “gift” their children the “rising of the sun” – ‘Solis Ortus’.