Home Tour: A condo in Cairnhill designed by MBS architect Moshe Safdie
With iconic public buildings such as Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport, Israeli architect Moshe Safdie has conspicuously made his mark on Singapore'south skyline. He has also lent his artistic touch to housing projects, one of them being The Edge, a 20-storey luxury condominium on Cairnhill Route.
His humanistic views on spatial design and contextual relevance are well-known. Here, they manifest in the programme of three individual towers linked in the heart to maximise privacy for the units and accord each apartment a 180-degree view of the city.
Floor-to-ceiling glazing edged past outside metal sunshades ensures residents enjoy the surrounding greenery in cool comfort. Most defining of the architecture are the protruding, circular living rooms that interruption the monotony of the glass walls while making the view the key focus from the interior.
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It is against this setting that Alvin Ling, principal designer at The Scientist, was commissioned to work. The task was to complement the elegant compages with an interior scheme that features a surprising yet coherent use of colour and classical elements.
Footstep into the living room, and gentle curves in the wall and furniture, besides equally through the greenery outside the windows, create a tranquil and genteel atmosphere. They also connect harmoniously to the classical references found in the wall trimmings and boob tube console. At the windows, calorie-free blue curtains called by the homeowners are an unusual option and work well to create a tableau with the furniture.
There is a hint of the Parisian Haussmann spirit that satisfies the homeowners' desire for a luxurious and timeless home. The flooring's strong visual grapheme leads the center down a corridor of bedrooms, which features white walls to highlight the flooring. A row of decorative drinking glass bulbs in the ceiling accentuates this linearity.
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The corridor – with monochrome marble flooring in a checkerboard pattern – sets the tone for the rest of the apartment. This graphic chemical element is mirrored in a symmetrical steel-frame-and-translucent-glass panel over an aperture that bathes the space in natural low-cal while providing privacy from neighbours.
In the kitchen, the interesting use of colour is once once again encountered through rose-gold stainless steel counters and cabinets. "Stainless steel counters are not only aesthetically pleasing – particularly in this rose-gold shade – they are too resistant to heat, water, stains and just about anything else, unlike marble," Ling said on his considerations of the ease of maintenance for the homeowners.
In the bathrooms are walls of swirling marble in greyscale. For the smaller bathrooms, Ling injects a impact of whimsy in the shower areas with decorative Peranakan tiles and diagonally laid timber-patterned tiles. 2 contrasting personalities are created – handsome and dramatic for the offset and floral and feminine for the second.
The three bedrooms – one for the couple, another for their child and the third for visiting grandparents – adhere to the balance of the home with a coherent colour scheme. The white walls in the rooms are accented with trimmings and blue curtains every bit well as bedding in shades of carnation, maroon and indigo. Natural materials, such equally a timber wall surface and rattan bench in the master bedroom, evoke a more intimate feel equally well every bit extend the natural setting inward.
Herein lies the success of this flat'due south pattern: Ling uses materials and colours in their natural forms as beautification, rather than overwhelm the interior scheme with superfluous features. This contributes to an uncluttered yet spirited sensibility.
"At the heart of everything nosotros do, we are fuelled by the simple conventionalities that there is no clear-cutting formula to follow. Inquisitive, explorative, persistent, artistic and belittling are the five (traits of our studio) – as of import to a scientist as they are to a designer," he said, explaining the studio's creative ethos and the origins of its name.
"Luxury is when the homeowners step into a space where they experience pampered and comfortable," defined Ling. Conspicuously, the homeowners agree. They depict their abode as "a rejuvenated interior, compared to the tired-looking infinite we had taken over; it is now cosy, comfortable and welcoming."
"Luxury is when the homeowners step into a space where they feel pampered and comfortable." – Alvin Ling
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Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/access/singapore-condo-architect-moshe-safdie-194246
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