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Alex, the name of the project as well as that of its owner, was designed as a utopian space for a bachelor who loves the bare beauty of minimalist lines. This new 506 sq ft two-room public housing flat came with the standard compartmentalised areas for living, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. Good design is based on function, and I’m not afraid to break conventions to achieve it. I removed unnecessary internal walls and doors to achieve a continuous flow of space, with functions positioned and designed in a way which considers ease of use and the homeowner’s priorities.
Alex still has functional zones to play, work, sleep, cook and bathe, but without any physical or visual demarcation between them. I reconfigured and expressed the functional spaces as a series of cuboids (cabinetry) with a unified design language, pushing them against the flat’s perimeter to optimise the common space. The profile of these structures and their openings were carefully calibrated for a sense of order and proportion. For consistency and easy maintenance, I used only one wood-look compact laminate throughout the flat to achieve this objective.
The home’s existing bomb shelter was fashioned into a Lego gallery, displaying Alex’s collection of architecture models on custom backlit shelving. I designed a wall-hung coin bank spray-painted neon orange to meet feng shui requirements. The lighting too, a blue metal tube which transverses the spaces looks like visual art. Less is more; I don’t design more than what is required.