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A REGENETERATIVE DESIGN AND BUILD PLATFORM
A REGENETERATIVE DESIGN AND BUILD PLATFORM
Let’s design and build together
Let’s design and build together
Build your home in the tropics
Build your home in the tropics
Start your design and build journey today
Start your design and build journey today
If you are exploring one of our blueprint projects, this is where the conversation begins. Share your site, your ideas and what you are looking to build. We work with individuals, eco developers and communities. Whether it is a retreat, a homestead or your home, we are here to support the process.
Please fill out the following questionnaire so we can understand your vision. We will contact you with the next steps to begin our journey together.
Why These Designs Are Different
Why These Designs Are Different
These homes and pavilions draw inspiration from traditional Bidayuh Balazie and Japanese architecture, reinterpreted for contemporary tropical living. Raised above the ground and designed to breathe naturally, they respond to the realities of humid climates while maintaining simplicity, comfort and a strong connection to their surroundings.
The designs are shaped by an understanding that buildings should work with nature rather than against it.
Designed for Real Life
Designed for Real Life
Many modern homes are expensive to build, difficult to maintain and disconnected from the environment around them. These blueprints have been developed to address those challenges through thoughtful, practical design, including:
• Natural ventilation and passive cooling
• Efficient use of space and building materials
• Adaptability for timber and bamboo construction
• Seamless indoor and outdoor living
• Flexible designs that can be built in phases
The result is architecture that feels grounded, functional and connected to place.
Proven Blueprint Collection
Proven Blueprint Collection
Choose the design that best suits your project. Every blueprint package includes the essential drawings and information needed to understand the design and begin planning your build.
What’s Included
What’s Included
Every blueprint package contains:
✓ Architectural drawings: floor plans, elevations and sections
✓ Architectural 3D model of the building
✓ Indicative dimensions provided in both metric and imperial
✓ Guidance for timber and bamboo construction methods
✓ Support for design related questions
The drawings are designed to communicate the core structure, proportions and building intent clearly, while allowing flexibility for personal adaptation.
Need Something Custom?
Need Something Custom?
If you would like modifications, site specific adaptations or a completely bespoke design, please get in touch to discuss your project.
FAQs
FAQs
A REGENETERATIVE DESIGN AND BUILD PLATFORM
A REGENETERATIVE DESIGN AND BUILD PLATFORM
Ask and it shall be given
Ask and it shall be given
Building in the tropics becomes more achievable with our blueprints. They offer a tested foundation with built in flexibility, reducing early uncertainty and giving you clear direction to move forward with confidence.
De-risked
Built
Scheduled
Who is this for?
Who is this for?
These blueprint packages are created for people who want greater confidence and clarity as they begin. They turn uncertainty into preparedness by providing a tested foundation to work from from the start. The platform is ideal for site owners, builders, small scale developers and students seeking to learn from real world design.
What do the blueprints offer?
What do the blueprints offer?
They provide a practical and dependable foundation that is already tested and ready to build from. Each blueprint is informed by years of professional architectural practice and direct self build experience. The value lies in reducing risk, bringing clarity to early decisions and replacing uncertainty with a more structured path, so projects can move forward more smoothly and with greater momentum.
How long does it take to build?
How long does it take to build?
The time required will depend on the size and complexity of the project. Some builds may be completed in around 6 months, while others will take longer depending on level of finish.
Do I need permits or approvals?
Do I need permits or approvals?
This depends on your location and local regulations. Our blueprints can be used to support review by local authorities and consultants, and may form part of the approval process.
Have the blueprints been built?
Have the blueprints been built?
Yes. The designs in the Chambers Foundation library are based on real building experience and developed for tropical conditions. They have already been built in Asia, including Malaysia and Indonesia, through collaboration with local builders, regional materials and local regulatory frameworks.
How much does it cost?
How much does it cost?
Build costs can start from around 20,000 USD for a simple, livable tropical shelter. This would typically include the structural timber frame, roof, mosquito mesh openings and durable basic finishes, with scope to expand over time. Costs will then vary according to project size, level of finish, kitchen and bathroom complexity, local timber prices and whether the build is self managed or labour is hired.
Origins
Chambers Foundation was established by Charlotte Chambers through the lived process of designing and building her own modular timber frame village house in Ulu Bengoh, Borneo. Rooted in both traditional indigenous knowledge and contemporary construction methods, the work explores a more regenerative approach to architecture and daily life.The foundation brings together vernacular wisdom, modular systems and practical hands on construction to create architecture that is accessible, adaptable and connected to its environment. The intention is not only to support build houses, but to cultivate ways of living that are peaceful, resilient and in harmony with the natural world.Global practice to grounded local building
Charlotte completed her training at the Bartlett School of Architecture, part of University College London. She has over 10 years of professional experience in timber frame and modular design and construction, including over half a decade with Waugh Thistleton Architects, where she worked at the forefront of pioneering engineered timber projects, including some of the tallest timber buildings in the world. This work developed a strong technical understanding of construction, detailing and modular off site delivery at scale. She now applies these skills at a local human scale through regenerative building practice. Alongside practice, she has taught at Oxford Brookes University, delivered international lectures and developed design and build visiting school programmes. Her experience spans BIM led technical coordination through to hands on construction, including self building her own home and delivering pavilion structures in diverse contexts such as Burning Man.
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