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It also is a concrete example of Neri&Hu's
concept of total design. "Any kind of think-
ing that underlies our designs is insepa-
rable from the fact that we are architects,"
Rossana Hu explained in an interview
with Domus. "It is the same foundation
on which our way of conceiving living is
based: we are interested in everyday life,
the poetry that springs from small things,
and discovering new things through the
past." At the intersection of past and pres-
ent is House of Remembrance.
"To live under the same roof means to
live together, and this metaphor is the
nexus that ties the notion of community,
especially in an intimate context, to the
form crafted for this project," explains
Neri&Hu. The House of Remembrance
was built in the place of the family's previ-
ous home, a British colonial bungalow
with Victorian details and the deep roof
eaves of traditional Malay houses, but is
