Let The Sun In

This HDB executive apartment’s open configuration and fresh white palette cultivate a sunny and spacious disposition — perfect for its green-fingered homeowners

- Disa Tan

Space 4-room executive apartment

Location Bukit Panjang

Reno Period 10 weeks

Home To 2 adults

A love for gardening transpired into a nature inspired design brief for this resale HDB executive apartment. With the renovation helmed by Mesh Werk Studio, the designers reveal how the homeowners’ vision for their marital home was influenced by their interest in organic textures within a modern setting. “They asked for something bright, spacious and nature driven — one wherein they can enjoy laidback contemporary living after a long day,” says the team of the married couple who are in the creative industry.

And so began the hacking works to introduce a fluidity of light and space into the communal zones. The previously enclosed kitchen is now transformed into an open-concept cook space with two entry points. Integrated with the dining and living zones which underwent hacking works as well, the kitchen now sports a similar application of vinyl flooring. “We wanted to carry the same neutral-coloured flooring over to most of the communal zones to create a seamless transition,” say the designers. “Most importantly, it evokes a spacious effect since there are no boundaries.”