A play on the Japanese word “Naru” meaning “become”, and the Malay word “Ruma” meaning “home”, “Naruma” translates to an aspiration for the project to truly become home for the residents. Located in Singapore, which has a colonial past, the trio of houses took on the form of urban townhouses; appropriate forms that invoke the nostalgic ties to the memory yet were re-interpreted with modern construction syntax and old barnyard brick work.
A play on the Japanese word “Naru” meaning “become”, and the Malay word “Ruma” meaning “home”, “Naruma” translates to an aspiration for the project to truly become home for the residents. Located in Singapore, which has a colonial past, the trio of houses took on the form of urban townhouses; appropriate forms that invoke the nostalgic ties to the memory yet were re-interpreted with modern construction syntax and old barnyard brick work.
A play on the Japanese word “Naru” meaning “become”, and the Malay word “Ruma” meaning “home”, “Naruma” translates to an aspiration for the project to truly become home for the residents. Located in Singapore, which has a colonial past, the trio of houses took on the form of urban townhouses; appropriate forms that invoke the nostalgic ties to the memory yet were re-interpreted with modern construction syntax and old barnyard brick work.