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Other Projects by Studio SKLIM
Redhill Apartment
Redhill Road, Singapore, Singapore
Public housing has come a long way in Singapore
providing the needs for 80-90% of the population. The perception of public housing in the world is perhaps not of
the best, but in Singapore, the quality and standards of these apartments well
rest above the poverty line, driving prices rocket high.
The client had just returned from a
three-year long diplomatic stint and was looking to refurbish his apartment to
welcome his new addition to the family.
Pragmatics was the primary driving
force of this project. The main
challenge was to reconfigure a public housing apartment amidst the regulatory
constraints into an object of spatial flow.
The present main foyer/dining/living/kitchen space was segmented with
proportions that were not user friendly.
The foyer area and the kitchen entrance were too generous and encroached
upon the dining room. The Asian
lifestyle with regards to cooking, culture (eg. Feng Shui) and climate were
duly considered as design challenges.
After a study of the existing
structure, we removed one of the non-load bearing walls and reconfigured the
rest of the surrounding spaces. The
concept was simple: to create a large
space with distributed furniture and a mirrored surface to reflect the
surrounding spaces. The kitchen was
subdivided into a wet and dry area with part of the latter extending to become
a foyer cabinet. The dining space
became larger and visual continuity was achieved with all the surrounding
built-in furniture; from the foyer to the dry kitchen to the living room
set. It became a set of separate
furniture pieces for one big space!
The design approach to the individual furniture pieces
were derived from their inherent functions and their relationship to each other
in that particular space. For example,
the slope of the entrance foyer piece was a reflection of the inclined shoe
rack enclosed in the bottom cabinet. In
hot and humid Singapore, residents prefer to keep the main doors open to
encourage natural ventilation. The gap
between the top and bottom pieces facilitated this cross ventilation and gave a
sense of semi-privacy to the apartment.
The furniture pieces were designed as a set and related to the bigger
spatial flow with geometry and material continuity. The large wooden grain textures that clothed the furniture took a
further inspiration from the Miesian aesthetics of the Tugendhat House but
redone for this modern context.
providing the needs for 80-90% of the population. The perception of public housing in the world is perhaps not of
the best, but in Singapore, the quality and standards of these apartments well
rest above the poverty line, driving prices rocket high.
The client had just returned from a
three-year long diplomatic stint and was looking to refurbish his apartment to
welcome his new addition to the family.
Pragmatics was the primary driving
force of this project. The main
challenge was to reconfigure a public housing apartment amidst the regulatory
constraints into an object of spatial flow.
The present main foyer/dining/living/kitchen space was segmented with
proportions that were not user friendly.
The foyer area and the kitchen entrance were too generous and encroached
upon the dining room. The Asian
lifestyle with regards to cooking, culture (eg. Feng Shui) and climate were
duly considered as design challenges.
After a study of the existing
structure, we removed one of the non-load bearing walls and reconfigured the
rest of the surrounding spaces. The
concept was simple: to create a large
space with distributed furniture and a mirrored surface to reflect the
surrounding spaces. The kitchen was
subdivided into a wet and dry area with part of the latter extending to become
a foyer cabinet. The dining space
became larger and visual continuity was achieved with all the surrounding
built-in furniture; from the foyer to the dry kitchen to the living room
set. It became a set of separate
furniture pieces for one big space!
The design approach to the individual furniture pieces
were derived from their inherent functions and their relationship to each other
in that particular space. For example,
the slope of the entrance foyer piece was a reflection of the inclined shoe
rack enclosed in the bottom cabinet. In
hot and humid Singapore, residents prefer to keep the main doors open to
encourage natural ventilation. The gap
between the top and bottom pieces facilitated this cross ventilation and gave a
sense of semi-privacy to the apartment.
The furniture pieces were designed as a set and related to the bigger
spatial flow with geometry and material continuity. The large wooden grain textures that clothed the furniture took a
further inspiration from the Miesian aesthetics of the Tugendhat House but
redone for this modern context.
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