The White Gem at Hillsborough

You will be amazed at the grandeur of this Whitehouse at Hillsborough Village, Alabang. Along the Buckingham Road,  a White Gem is seen glittering from among the row of highly-completed residential in that exclusive village. It was in here where RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO, started its journey to an acclaimed DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTS of  High-End Residential Buildings. 

Called by the neighbors  as the  “whitehouse” in Hillsborough, it is all immaculately  WHITE really for the purpose of defining the building envelop from the loose provisions of its interiors. It has a half winding stair sitting in an elephant white marble curtail step and done with black iron works supporting narra wooden railing religiously crafted by RCLA MARU vintage carpenters.

 

The company had maximized all efforts to source narra from the Province of Quezon to provide reliable and genuine material for the Railing and steps of the stairs and the floors. 

Wide Porcelain Tiles at 0.90m x 0.90m imported from India were painstakingly

 installed in close-joint creating infinity on the floor area. 

Soid and Void principle was displayed on the partition to create transparency of the stair well to the second floor.  Open Plan had given value and attention to the half winding stair and wide full floor to ceiling “door-window” truly the character of RCLA MARU in designing fenestrations.

RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO. fenestration designs usually maximize natural light  by having a "Door-Window"  floor to door height opening. Sliding glass door highly resistant to extreme wind velocity were provided thru  tempered glass in PVC Frame.

 A Lanai keeps peace and meditation comfortable at the rear of the house made greener by hanging plants. Pavement blocks catered to green-effect instead of full concreted area.

The second floor has THREE BIG BEDROOMS boasting its “he” and “she” Walk-in closet and Comfort Rooms at the Master’s Bedroom. Top-of-the-line bath tubs were provided to match with the pleasurable looking bathroom accessories. Awning windows made the rooms flexible to natural air and light yet can be totally close when air conditioning. is turned on.

At the corners of the structure where bedrooms are located,  door-height openings were provided making the  rooms appear wide and spacious. Narra planks on the flooring all over the second floor.

Elegant top of the line bath tubs  refreshes the Bath rooms. It is made near to  nature-feeling with full height windows ... just welcoming the outside gardens to the inside.

The over-all massing of the House is made magnificent due to the effect of the louvers at the ATTIC. This air conditioned spacious attic space if being use as GYM and personal area for the head of the family.

The view at night of the Residence is a simple Contrast of Solid and Void.

A piano from a corner of the elegantly planned Living Room tuned the residence in to the harmony and tranquility each individual Home Owner deserves. Blue Asphalt Shingles roofing crowns the immaculate white structure craeting an outstanding effect at a distance. 

Full height " Door-Window" openings line the whole stretch of the side of the Residence. Just a curtain away from the open area garden. With this outstanding DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTS, ........one can say.....KUDOS to RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO.