Apartment To Encourage Mindful Slow Living

This apartment in Tiong Bahru was designed to encourage mindful slow living.

- Low Shi Ping

Turn down the tempo, soak in the surroundings and celebrate imperfection— these were the aims of this project designed by UPSTRS_. Aptly named The Slow, this bachelor pad in a conserved walk-up in Tiong Bahru is a living space that caters to a simpler, sustainable and meaningful life.

Dennis Cheok, Creative Director of UPSTRS_, elaborated that this approach guided the project to unfold in three ways: “One, drawing deeply from its specific heritage and morphosis; two, restraining our design interventions in parts to complement and layer upon the pre-existing; and three, pursuing an elemental material palette of steel, concrete, stone and natural timber, oftentimes in their raw natural state.”