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Project #13

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Singapore
PROJECT #13 is the repurposing of a 30-year-old HDB flat, where more than 80% of Singapore’s population resides, with the intent to sustain the once single-use residential unit over the course of the building’s life
PROJECT #13 is the repurposing of a 30-year-old HDB flat, where more than 80% of Singapore’s population resides, with the intent to sustain the once single-use residential unit over the course of the building’s life
The introduction of a Foyer resulted in a dual-key ‘buffer zone’ between the public and private domains, giving a new lease of life to a formerly undesirable unit along a public corridor
The introduction of a Foyer resulted in a dual-key ‘buffer zone’ between the public and private domains, giving a new lease of life to a formerly undesirable unit along a public corridor
In the Foyer, louvered windows allow its occupants to vary the degrees of transparencies and thus levels of privacy with the public space outside.
In the Foyer, louvered windows allow its occupants to vary the degrees of transparencies and thus levels of privacy with the public space outside.
The Foyer enables 2 separate entry points allowing 2 spaces, an office and a home, to operate independently.
The Foyer enables 2 separate entry points allowing 2 spaces, an office and a home, to operate independently.
The other half of the formerly single-use residential unit remains as a home which supports the functions of the office in the day.
The other half of the formerly single-use residential unit remains as a home which supports the functions of the office in the day.
The project re-examines the conventional typology of space for Living; It is now a place of habitation as well as a place of work.
The project re-examines the conventional typology of space for Living; It is now a place of habitation as well as a place of work.
The need to accommodate the requirements of the office and home led to space-saving strategies of compacting functions at strategic locations; A multi-use platform nest on the ‘roof’ a storage unit.
The need to accommodate the requirements of the office and home led to space-saving strategies of compacting functions at strategic locations; A multi-use platform nest on the ‘roof’ a storage unit.
The Living is a break-out zone for the office in the day.
The Living is a break-out zone for the office in the day.
The elevated platform is a tea room for the office in the day and a resting space for the home at night.
The elevated platform is a tea room for the office in the day and a resting space for the home at night.
The storage unit is a servery for the Dining with a multi-use platform above it.
The storage unit is a servery for the Dining with a multi-use platform above it.
Within both office and home are attached baths that ensure both spaces are self-sufficient and thus independent of each other.
Within both office and home are attached baths that ensure both spaces are self-sufficient and thus independent of each other.

From Studio Wills + Architects

PROJECT #13 is a renovation to a 30-year old HDB FLAT in Singapore. It addresses the brief to house 2 PROGRAMMES (HOME and OFFICE) within a limiting foot-print and achieves a ‘framework’ to enable its FUTURE-PROOFING. The result is a new flat that allows EASY RE/ADAPTATION for a VARIETY OF USES (office and home) and USE PATTERNS (one or more households) within a formerly single-use residential unit. While small in scale, it is an example for the RE-PURPOSING of a HDB flat where more than 80% of Singapore’s population resides, sustaining it over the course of the building’s life.