





In the Tessellar website, are two new pages:
The Mosaic Alternative to the Honeycomb Layout
The rectilinear Mosaic layout - a less radical form of tessellation planning - should be considered when the hexagonal Honeycomb layout with triangular shapes is a bit too radical for the client, or where the shape of the site is more suited to rectangular forms.
The basic Mosaic neighbourhood tile comprises a cluster of houses within a rectangle or square. Tessellating this cul-de-sac neighbourhood creates a rectilinear layout. Mosaic planning generates new building types, including:
• The Mosaic shop house
• The Mosaic garden-apartment
• Duplex and quadruplex faux bungalows.

Faux Bungalows in Ipoh
Attaining the dream of living in a detached house is not only tough on the pocket, but can also strain the environment. In the Mosaic layout here are detached houses along the main road. In the cul-de-sacs, there appear to be bungalows too, but they are actually duplex and quadruplex units. The duplex is a semi-detached house - linked to another at the back.
Even though there are four units in the corner quadruplex block, viewed from their respective entrances, they each look like a detached house. Frank Lloyd Wright’s quadruple houses in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, had the same effect.