00:00What is unique about this is because it's a brand new apartment, so there was zero demolition, everything was addition.
00:09This unit is a studio apartment and the owner is a young professional.
00:15The client wanted the apartment to be a place where she could live, work and play.
00:21I'm Wen Chong Yen, Principal of Meter Architects.
00:33Pukit Panjang is literally an area where urbanity meets nature.
00:39It has residential blocks and mixed developments.
00:43Completed in 2018, the apartment was part of a new mixed development comprising residential blocks above the retail mall.
00:55When we first found this apartment, it was brand new and it came with finished bathroom and flooring, built-in
01:02kitchen counter and wardrobe.
01:05There were no alterations to the floor plan and the existing cabinets.
01:10All design interventions were additions to this studio apartment.
01:16We fused all the requirements into a single gradient.
01:21When you move up or down this slope, the space changes, the function changes.
01:30Upon entry to the unit is the kitchen.
01:34Along the wall on the right, we added a low bench kamshu cabinet, which rises as a diagonal across the
01:42entire wall,
01:44queuing the visitor's eye towards the daylight from the balcony.
01:51Past the glass partition, we've arrived at the main living dining space.
01:56Elements such as the bed, sofa, working dining table, coffee table are fused together as an assembly of horizontal planes
02:06of different heights.
02:07They form a sculpted landscape that rises from the ground, inviting its inhabitants to feel as if they are reclining
02:15on an open but intimate landscape.
02:20We raised the sides and back of the bed in diagonals, creating two corners, giving it a sense of intimacy,
02:29demarcating bedroom space without segregating.
02:32The mattress was detailed to recess partly into the frame, so that visually it looks lighter.
02:40The entire bed frame is on pistons to allow lifting to access the huge storage area underneath the bed.
02:49We incorporated half steps leading to the bed in order to save space, which form an elevation of storage cabinets
02:58of various sizes.
02:59These steps also become additional seating when friends come by for visit.
03:07We also custom designed the table and bench in the same diagonal geometry.
03:13The bench can be tucked into the table and both allows for easy shifting and reconfiguration.
03:21The diagonal that rises from the shoe cabinet to the balcony is the TV wall with console cabinet below.
03:29All these carpentry works are in plywood core finished in the same laminate to feel as if everything was carved
03:37from a single piece of wood.
03:39The diagonals along the TV cabinet and back of the bed are aligned with voice controlled LED lighting that is
03:48connected to Google Home.
03:50They strengthen the geometry and alter the mood of the space in the evening.
03:58We added a ceiling fan with integral light to allow the space to be naturally ventilated.
04:08The apartment came with a built-in sliding door wardrobe.
04:12We made no changes to that, but instead we created a small corridor in front of the wardrobe with the
04:19addition of the platform bed,
04:21so that it has a greater sense of privacy.
04:24We added a full-length dressing mirror beside the wardrobe, which also reflects natural light into the space.
04:33Past the sliding folding glass partition, we've arrived at the kitchen area to prevent cooking smell from dispersing to the
04:41rest of the apartment.
04:42The kitchen part is actually existing cabinets that we inherit.
04:47The kitchen has space for a fridge.
04:51It comes with built-in stove, hood and oven, with upper cabinet for storage.
04:58We continued the built-in upper and lower cabinets on this side of the partition.
05:03They are tapered to ease and efficiency of every movement around this corner towards the bathroom, can be smoother.
05:12We kept the bathroom as it was. It came fully furnished with basin, cabinet and water closet.
05:20The owner managed to feed a two-in-one washing machine and dryer beside the basin, which allows her to
05:26save space.
05:28I think residents in Bukit Panjang are indeed very fortunate because nature is just a stone's throw away.
05:36We abstracted nature into this apartment as a sloping ground to reinforce this proximity.
05:44We tried to demonstrate that purposeful form-making is achievable, even for a small interior project.
06:04a little folders.
06:05So how will you do it?
06:05It comes into a parking lot as we go, it comes to getting the lined resolved of water.
06:07The house has not been so busy.
06:07Beautiful to me.
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