soho apartment

As this project is situated on the second floor of an aged apartment near Songshan Airport, with uncertainty in urban renewal prospect, the project expectation was to generate a quality living environment for the whole family of the client that could last more than 10 years through this design renovation work. The overall design was not just to improve upon the previously crammed interior layout and the noise from the neighboring airport but to infuse with the aesthetic design.
Apart from bestowing the minimalist layered spatial aesthetics, the design team was also inspired by the interests of the clients and the geographic environment of the site in developing the creative concept. As the client’s background in printing and advertising industry and his love for handcraft, cooking and planting, the design team infused all these interests into the interior design, as some were represented in the materiality, and others were shaped with the client’s interests. Furthermore, the landing, take-off and taxing, have also brought about inspirations for the renovation of this old residence, where arc line work resolved the height differences between structural beam, floor and appliances, wh