Works: Interior design

Type: 2-bedroom apartment

GFA: Approx. 85 sqm

Status: Completed 2023

A home for a bachelor and his parents.

The existing apartment came with a micro-kitchen measuring approximately 2.5m x 2.5m filled with cabinetry and scant with countertop space. Another issue was the unusually wide proportions of existing combined Hallway and Dining Room which results in under-utility.

To improve the usability of the existing Service Areas, we amalgamated the Kitchen and Service Yard and opened the Kitchen to the Dining Room via a new Bar Counter. Doing so also made the relatively small apartment appear more spacious by creating a vista between the Living Room and Kitchen whilst enabling the main living areas to be cross ventilated for the first time.

We also accentuated the spatial primacy of the combined Dining Room, Living Room, and Hallway by compressing the ceiling height of the entrance Foyer and dressing it in timber paneling so that one arrives within the confines of a small timber box before experiencing an expansion of space upon entering the brightly lit Hallway. The latter now sports a new custom-designed display shelf which lends more definition to the Dining Room and compensates for the lack of a Storeroom in the apartment.