Feels Like Kampong Spirit: Modern Houses Built For Tropical Living | Dream Spaces | CNA Documentary

[@teyhoonboon5853]

Kampung spirit is a true spirit of human beings. Humans in nature are not divided by color of skin and culture. They can stay happily in one earth.

[@afuanjunaida2511]

True How nice to be able to just walk into your immediate neighbor's house and eat together and sometimes watch tv together and at times sleep over! Nowadays children never knew that feelings of closeness. I am glad i grew in such caring and friendly environment!

[@alansgjw]

What I saw is luxury living for super rich with multi millions property enclosed privately and exclusively for a family, nothing more. The tenants living in Buangkok kampung are paying rental of less than HBD rate and that affordability with its community openness can truly represent kampung spirit.

[@zr5168]

well said!!!

[@DonYang73]

Beautiful house, dont let anyone tell you that it should be something else. Fabulous and truly personal. Super like

[@khoocheepeng]

Inside this house or outside ? I rather spending all the time out side ,BBQ each day

[@LekRonald]

45:57 There you see 6 compressors when they talk about not using air conditioning. hahahahaha!

[@yong79]

If one compressor can serve 3 multi split air cons, this house possibly has 18! Hmmmm.

[@ExtraordinaryTK]

I think it's more of a semi-passive house, exception of bedrooms and probably a study room that is air conned.

[@maltygoodness2]

The Siow family's Braddell house is truly money well-spent. Well ventilated and lit, tastefully designed and furnished. A rare find by CNA if you've seen the gaudy and ostentatious hearths of the society glitterati they've been showcasing so far.

[@jfatsnorlax]

Ah I see, Kampung spirit can only be found in the houses of those who can afford it.

[@davidqbs]

I recall living in a Black and White in the early '80s. It had virtually no glass. It was entirely open, with wide verandas and roll down blinds for weather protection. It had that same connection to outdoors that a kampong house.

[@chuanbei9322]

I believe the term is called "vernacular architecture". 😎

[@ghazalijaafar1865]

yes. the right term for this kind of design.

[@joselito7776]

Philippines should take note of Singaporean Architecture where its glorious tropical weather is celebrated rather than masked.

[@TheSallybee]

I believe we still have that architecture in the old houses in the rural areas. It just became less popular as western architecture became more of a norm despite it being less fit to our tropical climate.

[@joselito7776]

@@TheSallybee , that aspect of the current Philippine culture, that need to follow trends even if its not appropriate, is not very enlightened. And I wonder how it is that countries like Singapore and Malaysia, countries that couldnt light a candle to Philippines in the 60s and early 70s, were able to escape it. Yes, Singapore and Malaysia do follow Western trends, but they seem to put their own twist to it to make it their own whereas Philippines just seems to copy copy copy, seemingly not thinking what they are copying. Do you know that I once saw a house in Cavite that had a working fireplace? Cavite, a place that has an average temperature of 26 celcius, indoors at that.

[@JC-cd3yj]

@@joselito7776 well said. We (Filipinos) are a damned nation. We are losing our traditional identity to being copy cats.

[@shacooked]

Miss the Kampong life... Wish I can do it here in Canada 😅

[@vonsassy]

I enjoyed this so much. Thanks!

[@arissajoan]

Not nicely renovated/cheap - kampong house Nicely renovated/expensive- landed property 🤷‍♀️

[@dyazkiprit]

I'm lucky I don't need to do extra to have a life in this kind of environment, because i also live in kampung far away from city in small village in indonesia. Singapore is so impressive at how they treat their environment, their nature, and their concept of living that always prioritize the environment, i love this concept, I wish this video can inspire more people especially indonesian people who live in the big city that currently trying to go back to the old way of living in terms of environmental issues.

[@yogayoggie2209]

What kampong are you talking about when majority are living in hdb boxes????

[@nagawahyudi]

with tiny land sg hv, good luck building kampung again

[@byshagi]

luv this - i would love to implement some designs styles into my build.

[@jimmyjamesraynor6180]

Beautiful house! I'll buy it at a HIGH PRICE!

[@ohmjustsketch]

Very nice and environment friendly

[@yulsatriadi9793]

In my hometown "kampong" means village👍🏿

[@OrendaDesignStudio]

Amazing ❤️❤️.

[@Zero_dgf]

Love this

[@karigarmedia5421]

Very 👍 nice,,I like urs documentaries,

[@sisubalanselvan2619]

Probably the only place in singapore where you wont sweat at night

[@NonyaMeeSiamLOL]

Do you know how hot and humid Singapore is? You are deluded if you think building a house with lots of open windows can cool the house without air con. Outside air in Singapore is hot air. If the air of Singapore is enough to cool a house until it feels like temperate cool country, then when you are outdoors in SG without walls wouldn’t that be the coolest? But isn’t it when we are outdoors that it’s hot AF. What nonsense this show is and can see how naive most people are from the comments.

[@acosta829]

What are you talking about? This is super hot at night. Open the window and you let the mosquitos in.

[@NonyaMeeSiamLOL]

@@acosta829 This dump is tiny, crowded, hot, and expensive. And boring. Can’t wait to migrate out ASAP.

[@NonyaMeeSiamLOL]

@@acosta829 politically it’s also hopeless, I don’t see it becoming a two party democratic system for another 100 years, considering it’s almost 60 years old and only achieved 4% representation of alternative voices in parliament. Besides politics, the PAP already entrench the rot culture in many other areas of society like its civil service and other areas. Other than cheap food outside, I don’t see anything compelling that makes feel SG is worth me taking a bet on my children’s future on. And I am a born and bred third generation. Anyway the PRCs and CECA are still desperate to get out of their shitehole countries so they can take over. It’s most certainly appearing that way.

[@kamalsutra]

@@NonyaMeeSiamLOL Name me a successful country with 2 party democratic system.

[@inezamy9523]

Beautiful 😍💓😍💓

[@calebchia5136]

My house exterior use lot wood even railway timber slaps..initially looks nice but just not practical long term difficult to maintain n attract termites 😅

[@ulidesignstudio9406]

nice home

[@roubini74]

most ppl move forward towards modern housing. some ppl look back and prefer traditional housing. anyway...singapore could never move back to kampong housing with the nos of resident and populations growths these days. But to protect as many of these kampong as much as possible.

[@nancyt61]

No mention of how much work to clean. They say cooler alot but no actual temperature given.

[@jamsheertirur1758]

In the case of lighting think OPPLE, Fix it, for get it

[@MetalicA686]

haii i m from semarang

[@nashpal1]

I hope they don’t develop the land and let the kampung homes stay in peace

[@inezamy9523]

I do too

[@namhom]

I don't see any attap house in singapore anymore

[@ok2713]

What is attap house? I don't get it

[@namhom]

@@ok2713 An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the kampongs of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and Vietnam villages Named after the attap palm, which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched.

[@laramiranda5648]

Caramba é igualzinho ao Amazonas , Brasil ,o interior do Amazonas tem essas casas ass mesmo em madeira , inclusive na periferia de Manaus capital do Amazonas

[@khoocheepeng]

Envy

[@gauravchandragoswami4144]

Describe a house in a million words

[@firuzhelmi718]

Missing the main point of kampong houses.

[@lomlom9798]

Kampung spirit in Sg? That was even last century

[@Glajdar]

My late fathers kampung house with a big land was taken over by force many years ago by the racist Chinese Singapore government and given a tiny flat in exchange,

[@purpleungu8280]

Kesian korang just sabar living with kiasu people

[@runwiththeqase]

No wonder. Pernah dengar dari my client dulu, land was taken by force.

[@batlily]

This affected the whole of Singapore, my Chinese family also affected! So don’t talk nonsense!

[@Glajdar]

@@batlily - not really affected the Chinese lah wei! majority in Kampung are Malays as all Spore Chinese then were immigrants from China.

[@purpleungu8280]

@@batlily pendatang mudah lupa diri

[@mohdhendra81]

Lovely opened house, but living in a tropical country, there are bugs n pests….rats, mongooses, mosquitoes, n thousands of insects some science don’t even have names for it yet. How do you deal with that?

[@liongkienfai104]

Wanna hear a joke? Singaporeans who think they know what a kampung is.

[@juriabanding1106]

Kampung life also means no proper sewerage system...and no warm water for morning bath! That what happened long ago, hope they aware of it...

[@batlily]

The wooden slabs of the railway belongs to the government of Malaysia. You can be charged with stealing!

[@mohdsuhaimimohdsalleh9770]

The real Kampong spirit is gone.

[@purpleungu8280]

Malaysia Kampung more beautiful than Singapore

[@ip3vk]

These few kampong houses are now for exhibit & preservation so don't compare your malaysian kampong because Singaporeans no longer live in kampong.

[@purpleungu8280]

@@ip3vk Malaysia ada dua2 kampung ada moden house ada

[@We_Want_It_All]

@@ip3vk orang2 singapura jual tanah diorang ke apa? Tanya sungguh nih

[@vonbayernDE]

@@We_Want_It_All pemerintah ambil untuk dijadikan rumah apartment(HDB). Ada org ckp kalau tak setuju, nnt tiba2 kampung terbakar.

[@pregnantenglish6019]

From media reports, so many of yr beautiful kampong houses were irreparably damaged by floods. Lol.

[@blossomsakura]

A (Malay) kampung house has its own hierarchy of spaces that reflect the culture of Malay community. Starting with the entrance, you would have the space where you would wash your feet (traditionally kampung house is built on stilts) before stepping up the stairs into the Serambi which is a space where you greet guests. Serambi is usually connected to an interstitial space with its own entrance. The first serambi is where male guests would stay, female guest may retreat to the second serambi which is also connected to a dining space. Typically this is also connected to the kitchen which is usually on the ground. The second serambi will also be where bedrooms are connected.

[@AngelicWings5]

I need more information, all they iterate about is the air circulation. But that doesn't really translate to it being cool air circulating within the house. The air most of the time is warm/hot, having that circulating through out the house would make the house warm, right? At least from my experience in a kampung house. Also, because of its urban setting, unlike in kampung's (which are surrounded by greenery- like the countryside), wouldn't it be more hot/warm? You get really nice cool breezes after it rains, though. Would love to seen in-depth diagram of how the air circulation works throughout the house. Which brings me to another question, the first house "sensible house", due to all the ventilation blocks and "open" spaces (like the balcony where she does her yoga) What happens when it rains? Especially, during monsoon season. I've experienced water spilling in from "ventilation" blocks similar to the one's from kampung houses.

[@chiwong959]

When I see the Japanese builders are building the houses. I feel quite sad to find Sporean builders are not looking at the practicality of the design and recyclable aspect of material used in building the houses in Spore. Most of the owners are looking for new, glamour and luxury. Same as HDB. I hear more hacking of walls and rooms to make bigger places and created more building waste. I can see more rubbish for our future generation if there is no change of mindset

[@SK-lt1so]

How is this house referencing a kampong? A few open spaces? A kampong is a small, simple house open to the jungle-not three stories bursting the seams of the plot it's on.

[@ShweMyaukMyauk]

It’s hot because our houses are not built in the way to work with the weather and nature. Gone are the air circulations, high ceilings etc

[@s._3560]

The weather in Singapore is stiflingly warm because it is in part man-made. The elimination of large tracts of forests as they tried to urbanise the spaces into their "ideal homes". All this without much understanding of how to appreciate or live in harmony with the natural tropical environment. When you get under the shade of an area with a lot more greenery, you will notice it really cools the whole place down by a few degrees.

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

Woww i still dont know there is a kampong in buangkok "O thats great how to go there anyone?

[@kimiko-tv4vd]

Thank you so much for let us view the beautiful homes in villages and in the city living! I love it ALL!!! 👍🤩🌈 Love and Light and blessings 💖✨💫💖

[@yabat7954]

Love it! So inspiring 😍

[@virginiadouglas9449]

Lovely home..plenty to enjoy and relax with nature all around..love it

[@sandlongpp5851]

People who live in kwmpong never have the kampong spirit. They are the spirit. Return pure land to the earth.

[@iamDarrennn]

Every here saying the kampong spirit etc and multi millionaire games. But yall missed the plot of the video. Stop judging and appreciate these things

[@saikoloji]

URA should encourage more new buildings to input such Malay kampung architecture.

[@kyleanuar9090]

A house in a kampung and a kampung house are two different things.

[@amaiwatashi6253]

My place is freakiiinn hot during the afternoon and early evening.... Its just unbearable. But when i go outside of my house, it felt so breezy and nice. Concrete all direction + lack of air flow = oven 😂. If i can earn enough money in the future, maybe i will consider building something like in the video......

[@gemelosalegres6631]

How to deal with mosquitos when it’s so open?

[@_h__22]

This kind of kampung spirit is not available to 95% of Singapore's population

[@frbmp5100]

I bet all S'poreans want to live a Kampong Life.....

[@ggyubari5687]

The mosquitos at night must be a nightmare....

[@vichhikaram1460]

Kampong is khmer language? In Cambodia, there are many provinces named Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom, Kampong Speu, Kampong Trach, Kampong Som, Kampong Leav .....

[@annadaniel6050]

Kampong/kampung(malay language)= village(english)

[@spudal]

singapore got kampung meh?

[@lbs7552]

Yup, go to Buangkok!