“IF FASHION IS RELIGION, INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
SHALL BE THE SOUL OF A BUILDING.” Often has been told, interior design performs
an act in spatial planning, architectural skinning, visual presentation and
interior comfortability. In short, telling end users a conceptual story through
the flow. Providing experience and interaction through 5 different senses,
namely sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, “THERE IS A FINE LINE
BETWEEN INFORMING AND DRONING”. Similarly, interior design should make
moderation.
In this project, a dining clubhouse was programed.
Introducing a different perception towards interior architecture and design by
studying the existing architectural alignment of the existing building,
sculpting spatial flow architecturally and structural enhancement that make
correction to spaces respectively.
Site: -
As compared Brickfield, Bangsar owns a rather soothing
lifestyle. People tend to travel to this area for food and chill-out, which
best fit this project.
Existing Building: St. Peter Cathedral, Bangsar.
Surrounding: Residential
The Church was built on 4 floors with its unique
architectural mounting on the existing site contour. Resulting in entrance
accessible through second floor and ground floor. Beneficially, the site has
its own parking area.
Site Issues: The church building has an interesting shape
and spatial. However, it was rather enclosed by the alignment of gateway,
façade and structural skinning, which result to be uninviting.
Potential: Placing its existing architectural alignment as
prior, splurging the architecture outwards and making invitation through
design.
Client: -
Client: Chef and Wife
Background: A passionate ex-chef of a renowned luxury hotel
who get tired of hectic and busy lifestyle at the age of forty-five. Married to
a wife, a beauty specialist with three grownup children.
Building ownership: The church had moved to a better place
and chef happens to buy over the piece of land and building.
Plans: To start up a dining house that provides delightful
experience for customer. Incorporating a set of lifestyle, a relaxing escapade
place for people to enjoy food, relaxation or even workspace. Somewhere for a
person to be, no matter alone or with a group of friends.
Activity: Dining, Meeting, Massage and Saloon, Individual
Workspace.
Aim and Objective: -
Issue:
Social
relationship among people in Malaysia had gradually decreased and inactivated
as compared to western countries. Within a series of observation and
experience, feeling insecurity is one of the main reason people prefer to live
in their own comfort or safety zones. Insecurities are such as repel by other
community, communication fear, social lackage and safety concern.
In
general, Malaysian spends most of their free time at home. Mainly, the rise of
technology and multiple access of communication form had also allowed
individuals to stay connected without meeting up. On the other hand, people
tend to create their own comfort group, which limits themselves from meeting
new people. Vice versa, people are vulnerable to join a group feeling
uninvited. Situations are such due to the current cultural ethics practiced by
today’s Malaysia.
Designer’s
Responsibilities:
Interior
Design is the messenger between client and customer.
Often,
the interacting relationship between people and spaces are rather neglected,
which resulted in people attending the place for royalty but not loyalty.
Aim:
To
improve the social values between individuals, by studying the relationship
between people and spaces.
Objectives:
1.
To create spaces that increases the social
interaction between individuals.
2.
To study the interrelation between spaces and
people, both physically and mentally.
3.
To apply design that best fit the current
Malaysian’s lifestyle.
4.
To explore alternative direction towards
interior architecture and design.
5.
Innovating Malaysian lifestyle from existing
ones.
6.
To improve the senses from the existing
building.
CHOOSEN
BUILDING:
Parish
of St. Peter, Bangsar.
BUILDING
PROGRAM: Food, Relaxation and Gathering Clubhouse.
To
tailor a Malaysian style country clubhouse to attract people to come out of
their comfort zone, experiencing new subject matter. Creating bonds between
individuals. Hence, spaces arrangement and impression that results in direct
impact to users.
CONCEPT:
Sleek Liberation
CONCEPTUAL
APPROACH:
Liberation,
in term of a tension release, creating spaces that provides a sense of relief
through sleek and clean form.
EXECUTION:
Relating
back to aim, people’s comfortability performs as a prior in writing this
building program. Often interior design was boxed in a different façade, where
suction occurs at the building entrance.
Within
a series of analysis, could be seen that the balance between exterior and
interior in design will provide maximum comfortability towards people walking
into a spaces. Not separately working on the two different sectors, the design
was pushed outwards from the interior spaces.
In
this case, the building was sculpted into an ideal shape according to
architectural alignment and assigned spaces (beige color). Followed by
intricacy that makes correction and enhancement towards every single spaces
(tinge of turquoise).
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
