What Is The Allure Of Black And White Houses? | Dream Spaces | CNA Documentary
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2021
- Black and white houses were one of the more distinct housing forms during Singapore's colonial era. The 19th century invention by British architect Alfred John Bidwell blended European-style houses with features for the local tropical climate, to create a unique housing design.
Its name affectionately refers to the look of the buildings that primarily used dark timber beams and whitewashed walls. Built mainly for the European elite up to the 1920s, black and white houses have since been conserved. Many now serve as homes or adapted into restaurants and shops that bear remnants of colonial living. Explore the appeal of black and white houses through three modern interpretations with The Summerhouse, David's Retreat and Gallop House.
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Other than the German / British background history, these houses are very well designed to suit the local climate such as:
1) Pitch roof with overhanging eaves takes care of the torrential rain.
2) the high ceiling & huge space between ceiling and roof takes care of natural insulation of the equatorial heat from the sun and keep the house cool
3) vents at the top of wall provides good natural ventilation when windows are closed when it rains
4) the veranda provide a chill out area and also prevent rain from entering the house.
5) the house is elevated from the ground to prevent flood waters to enter the house and it also keeps the house cool.
Really enjoyable series! Looking forward to more :)
Had this video suggested by CZcams right after parliament debates on ridout b&w bungalow 😂
Black and white houses are beautiful. I enjoy this episode. Well done : )
Great series. Brief and enjoyable scene.
Im coming here after Shanmugam dan Vivian controversy
Beautiful love black and white will do in Caribbean💕
35:33 this Gallop house is another architectural wonder, … so spacious, high ceiling, long verandah, greenery.
Some vivid descriptions of these 'black and white' houses are found in Jon Cooper's book, "Tigers in the Park: The Wartime Heritage of Adam Park" (2016) published by the Literary Centre, Singapore. In the late 1920's work had begun on the estate with the rolled-out construction of Class I and Class III houses that were 'to be the ultimate in sophisticated urban dwellings set in a semi-rural environment of tropical forestation'. The author recounts the fall of Singapore in 1942 through its impact on this small suburb which although bravely defended, met its fate like the rest of Singapore under the Japanese who utilised the estate as a POW camp. Although the book's principal focus is on the military manoeuvres and battles that centred on the area, it describes the designs and characteristics of these colonial houses as well as providing biographies of some of the Park's residents in the prelude to and during the course of the war, who survived evacuation or interment, and eventually returned to their government homes.
i stayed over there 30 years ago. the nice thing of those houses back then was that you had a lot of boa constrictors sneaking in at night.
I think you meant reticulated pythons.
@@farhanzaini8324 you are absolutely right. boa constrictors live in south america. the most fun was getting them out of the house. record was 10 policemen and a garbage can and a very sleepy python in the can.
@@acquisitium That must be quite an experience.
@@farhanzaini8324 we even had photos of it and back then(late 80's) we did not make that much photos
such a beautiful beautiful black and white houses, Malacca have these type of houses as well.
Many of these mansions have fallen into disrepair
CZcams algorithm recommended this clip to me after much exposure to news of ridout road. And ads served by Livspace, how apt 😂
Start watching from 3:05 for a walk through of David’s black n white bungalow. It is an architectural marvel, and tastefully decorated too.
Very nice house
Theese buildings are actually of German decent that swept over to Britin when the first German settlers (Saxons) inhabited the Island.
Cool fact I didn’t know this 👍🏼
Nice algo
0:30 - the British "imported"? Nonsensical ah this ah pek. import from where? The British looked to local Malayan architecture and sensibilities. Inspired by traditional Malay kampong houses and fused with other elements from Britain and other colonies.
Natural ventilation is the best. Modern age ACs are a curse, cause of most musculoskeletal disorders/conditions.
Beautiful house wonder how much it’s worth
There’s one for sale near Holland Village for SGD 20 million.
at the very least $10 million up.
My ex boss used to live in one of these, i think in the late 90s it was about 12k per month, again i don't know what kind of floor area, because there's many types of these black and whites. Beautiful however.
Black and white houses = wealth in Singapore. That's the appeal
I'd think living next to an Airfield might be a bit NOISY!
It actually isn't..
Why am I watching this? Ohh... Ridout 😂😂😂
I wish when foreigners move into other countries, starting from the colonial era, foreigners don’t change or name street names into their own. This is disrespectful, this same thing happened in my home country and thank god, this has been banished, and we continue to do so. Keep the local traditions.
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Britishers during that colonial days know how to live well.
I would love to see a Black and White House inspired skyscraper in Singapore.
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Though I would love to own one … I wouldn’t want to live in one. With all those open doors and windows … Can you imagine the vermin esp rodents and lizards. No thanks. “Nice to see… not nice to eat”.
Probably it was started by someone impressing their friends with a black and white picture of their house haha
Most of the black and white houses are haunted.
Honestly why are these buildings even preserved? Other than being reserved sites, shouldn't we be planning out how to better utilise the space. Think about it, those houses the land can probably house up to 30,000 people, and that's just the Edgeware Rd cluster.
Dude, you completely missed out the whole point of the video 🤣🤣🤣
It's good that Singapore🇸🇬 doesn't have Chinese🇨🇳
- as its one of the two official languages.