A Family Home For Work, Rest And Entertaining

A tale of two apartments merged into a sprawling 3,000sq ft living space, here's how the designers from Black N White Haus conceptualised a family home for work, rest and entertaining

- Disa Tan 

To upsize their current living space, the homeowners, a family from England, acquired the apartment next door with plans to combine both units as one. They brought their expansion plans to the Black N White Haus design team, and the designers flexed their expertise in space planning to give this family a more comfortable and functional home. Pinky Kywe, Senior Design Curator of Black N White Haus, says: “We were roped in to provide feasible space planning for two identical private apartments, which creates a left-andright-wing concept that accommodates the homeowners’ living needs.”

The boundary walls between the two apartments were hacked away, revealing the new left wing which houses the home’s eat-in kitchen, workspaces, library and gym facilities separate from the private bedrooms in the right wing. Pinky explains that this executive decision is due to the homeowners wanting work-life balance, and this arrangement works well for them.

At the heart of the home is where the living, dining and kitchen zones converge. It makes the perfect setup for the homeowners who enjoy cooking and hosting friends, and this spacious open-plan area allows them to mingle with their guests. The design team was concerned about exposing the unsightly structural beams after demolishing the walls that used to demarcate the two units. They resolved it by cladding it with wood-look finishes to create a barnyard style that blends well with the proposed aesthetic of an English townhouse approved by the homeowners.