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001. SECTION OF A 17TH CENTURY MANOR HOUSE   002. RECLAIMED BOISERIE  003. OPEN OFFICE SCHEMATIC  004. SECTION THROUGH A ENGADINE FARM HOUSE

Setting the stage for our everyday life, the interior is always just a fragment of a larger entity. Although it forms part of the larger context of the architecture and the environment it is situated in, it also stands in stark contrast to them. The inverse relationship between architecture, human needs and desires, its equipment we need for our life, such as furniture, art, and decoration, stands at the centre of our practice work. Organizing, orchestrating,  re-thinking. Performing our choreography within a given space. We embrace the ambiguous cross overs of the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and furniture design. Both craftmanship and theory form part of our design process. Incompletion, pluralism, and contradiction are essential ingredients of our work.

2022-01

BONIA STORE, KUALA LUMPUR, COMPLETED 2022


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The principal design idea of this store was to create a museum-like white box that contains elements of architecture that play with the visitor’s imagination. The idea of a museum or a gallery is emphasized by the glowing ceiling, which creates an even, almost synthetic atmosphere throughout the store. The walls are kept white and minimal and are unfolding their straight geometry in a curve towards the facade. The terracotta facade is made from handmade glazed ceramic screen blocks referencing southeast Asian Modernist architecture. Dominated by the grid ceiling, the actual store layout is kept deliberately a-symmetrical. At the center of the store is a large sculptural curved staircase element that leads towards a circular wood screen wall. These elements are typological and aesthetic experiments, inspired by memories, each of them expressing a certain feeling and mood. Those basic shapes, stairs, curves and arches, organic nooks, and architectural elements are contained in this large white box like a collection in a Museum. A collection of fragmented memories.