[House Updates!] 💌 We took a shot at the same spot we did in July and seeing the difference really thrilled me! x So the glass door is up, and we are still arranging for the other doors with @gatedoorwindow to go up. Thank you @materiallysg for the recommendation! 🎨 First coat of paint with @rafflespaint done, second coat will go down after carpentry with my ID @thewoodenplatform. Lights and fans (omg I love my fans! And the bit of cove light in the kitchen even though my ceilings are already low af lol) with @syhbathroomstudio.sg are also all up! Waiting on my new toilet bowl and other bathroom and kitchen fittings from Tapz Gallery to go in too! Can’t wait for my first poop in this house! Hahaha! More tidbits in IGTV tab - conversations we have when we’re in the house fantasizing about the future hahaha!

Immature people shopping for toilet bowls. 🥲 “Yes it’s quite comfortable to sit on, what about if we need to throw up? Is it comfortable to lean on? You try you try!!” I never knew a toilet bowl costs $700. I never knew there were toilet bowls that costs more than $2k. 😱 This is the first photo with my newly-purchased Turbo Tornado Toilet Bowl. I know, what a name! 🙌🏽 All friends are invited to my house to take a shit to feel its “turbo”. Hahaha! 🤪 Jokes aside, my bathroom fittings and some appliances are all settled at Tapz Gallery. Yay!! And while I was deliberating between a gas (usually too chunky looking) and induction (can’t use my Dad’s trusty wok on it) hob, I found this super cool glass hob with inner burners! (I’ve never seen something like that before! #suagu) It’s. So. Sleek. 👏🏽 My stove is gonna be right next to the window so this is perfect as it’s sorta windproof 💨 Will post more updates on IGS for those who are also in your home-building process!

Logs on the Dune The logs also serve to protect the building from salt damage and strong winds. Compared to square timber, which is made by cutting the fibers of the tree trunk, logs are sturdy and resistant to bending. Also, since the timber volume is generous, the members could be jointed without using metal fittings. However, more appealing feature lies in the fact that logs have qualities that cannot be controlled by the designer. This makes us to retrograde to primitive architecture, in contrast to architecture based on a blueprint that is complete from the start. This requires the technique of wild, which is to combine immediately available yet finely different materials in search for better result. This approach is also known as hikari-tsuke, a traditional Japanese fitting method that improvises joints by utilizing the difference in material shapes to enhance the strength of the joinery. 丸太は塩害や強風の対策にもなる。幹内の繊維を切断する角材と比べて、強度があって反りにくく、材積に余裕があるため金物を使わない接合が可能である。 それ以上に惹きつけられたのは、設計者がコントロールすることのできない質を持っているということだ。丸太その使用は、最初から完全な設計図を前提とする建築から、「原始の建築」への遡行となる。その場所にある素材の細かい差異同士を組み合わせながら、より良い状態へと近づいていく「野性の手法」なのだ。日本の伝統的な接合方法である「ひかり付け」はその別名であり、部材同士の外形の違いを即興的に利用して、さらに強度を高める嵌合である。 #中村拓志 #hiroshinakamura #naparchitects #nap建築設計事務所 #loghouse