Halo House / Tamara Wibowo Architects

Quietly sitting in the corner of a calm neighborhood in Semarang, Halo House takes form of contemporary barn that is arranged in respect to location of existing trees on site while adopting passive design in the house. There are two components in the house; one is the pitched roof structures arranged in elongated manner along the north south axis, another is the thin platform in the center connecting the pitched roof structures. This platform is then punctured where existing trees are located in a circular manner while defining the courtyard throughout the house. The circular expression is then adopted further to accentuate main areas, such as entry, dining area, and swimming pool. These circular voids, or as we call them “halo”, give strong characteristics to the architecture and spatial experience in the house. The halo allows light to penetrate in an interesting form into the house throughout the day and gives shape to the falling rainwater.