HDB Flat, Indochine Glamour

This bachelor pad in North Bridge Road is all about South-east Asian opulence

- Home & Decor

Mr Mark Wong, who is in his 50s, is a connoisseur of all things luxury-and design-related. As a senior executive in the hotel industry, his numerous hospitality projects include a string of properties in Vietnam. This may have provided the catalyst for his vision of an Indochine-inspired interior for his home in North Bridge Road.

He chose to work with Mr Arjan Nijen Twilhaar, principal designer of home-grown studio Aiden T. Their aim was to turn a five-room HDB flat, which is over 50 years old and spans 1,291 sq ft, into a spacious home where Mr Wong can entertain guests and keep his two cats comfortable.

Mr Wong bought the recessed corridor area outside the original main entrance, which gave Mr Twilhaar the opportunity to create "a great transition space between the outside world and the home".

The entrance foyer is designed as a dark space, from the black main door and geometric black-and-white floor tiles to the black ceiling and green-on-black palm-print wallpaper. Together, these design elements orchestrate the reveal and heighten the sense of openness upon entering the unit.

Two of the three bedrooms have been opened up to expand the space. Although conceived as open-concept areas, Mr Twilhaar wanted to define these spaces without partition walls.