Neil Road Home with Traditional Peranakan Shophouses Theme by ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
Architects: ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore
Year: 2013
Area: 5,597 sqft / 520 sqm
Photo courtesy: See Chee Keong
Description:
Situated inside of a protection region, this home praises the customary appeal of Peranakan shophouses with the expansion of new spaces that are delicate to the building’s rich legacy.
Much the same as conventional shophouses, the spaces are sprinkled with yards that serve as visual central focuses. The first yard – with its protected fancy fish mold centerpiece and going with water highlight – shapes the normal’s heart ranges while a fresher patio denote the move from the old structure into its new augmentation.
A youthful tree in the focal point of this new patio adds a touch of nature to the urban troupe. To the house’s back are the kitchen and a retro winding staircase that prompts the second floor main room and housetop patio.
Numerous unique components were held and in addition restored, for example, the timber flooring, door jambs, window screens and iron entryways. Earth blocks were likewise reused and joined into a segment divider as rescued coated tiles were put to use in the bathrooms. Indeed, even the blue paint for the dividers was restored to a more legitimate tone by utilizing mineral silicate, while a pigmented grouting blend served to reproduce the five-foot way’s red concrete deck.
Interestingly, the forecourt’s limit divider shows a comparative movement from old to new, with its paint-stripped blocks uncovering layers of the shophouse’s history. The restroom floors were additionally given a terrazzo complete as a gesture to the age-old art that is quick ceasing to exist.
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