Soo's 78 Wenning by Ken Thong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Ynterieurromte en Útstallingûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsYnterieur· 2024

Soo's 78 Wenning

by Ken Thong

Client: The Roof Studio

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Ynterieur Category

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The Design

About Soo's 78 Wenning

Project Soo's 78 is in rêstich en tiidleas hûs ûntworpen mei in slow living filosofy foar in pensjonearre mem. In grutte opknapbeurt transformearret dit 20 jier âlde richwenning yn in subtyl stiilfol hûs dat iepenheld, lichtens en funksjonaliteit beklammet. De fokus fan it ûntwerpteam op it ûntwerp wie om derfoar te soargjen dat de totale romte genôch natuerlik ljocht, grienfersier, en ûnûnderbrutsen loftstream troch it hiele hûs hat om in ealdere-freonlike woanromte te bieden mei in waarme, gesellige en rêstige sfear.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Soo's 78 Wenning is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Soo's 78 Wenning wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Soo's 78 Wenning foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Project Soo's 78 is a calm and timeless home designed with a slow living philosophy for a retired mother. Situated in the Subang Jaya of Selangor, Malaysia, major makeover transforms this 20-year-old terrace house into a delicate stylish home that emphasizes openness, lightness, and functionality. Designed to reflect the homeowner’s lifestyle, the design team's focus on the design was to ensure that the overall space has sufficient natural light, greenery landscape, as well as uninterrupted air flow throughout the entire home to provide an elderly-friendly living space with a warm, cozy and serenity atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2,741 square feet 2-storey terrace house with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.
Tags: Soo's 78, modern, contemporary, urban, residential design, refurbishment, makeover, nature-inspired, Malaysia
Production Technology: Different textures and durable materials are used throughout the refurbished home. With timeless natural quartz stone, ventilation blocks, wood flooring for 1st floor, new tiles for entire house and bathrooms, greenery landscape and skylight roofing give life to the neutral interior as well as blurring the lines between interior and exterior.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was to consider how to maximize the limited space without compromising on the aesthetic to create a meaningful space that fulfills the needs of the inhabitant and make it feel much larger and functional, as well as walkway space of wheelchair for future consideration. As this old building have lower beams and columns issues that cannot be remove, the design team have to solve it by covered up with feature paneling and design different ceiling layer to avoid narrow and limited space ⁮visual problem.
Research: To evolved human-nature relationships and improve quality of live, the team's focus on the design was to keep space for landscaping to bring in greenery and natural light to the open-layout living, dining, dry kitchen, master bedroom and also a backyard garden for the ground floor bedroom, where the family can enjoy the rejuvenating vibe of its landscape from every corner of the house. In additional, the team put efforts on design skylight at the extended area which is wet kitchen, backyard garden and master bathroom to ensure the overall space has sufficient natural light to reduce energy consumption, as well as to solve the dark and dull problem of an intermediate terrace. Meanwhile, ventilation blocks provide an uninterrupted air flow and natural light throughout the entire space with a strong visual impact for the building facade.
Inspiration: The client, Madam Soo desires a retirement home where she can spend her life in a comfortable, serenity environment with a modern touch, but also a place where she can enjoy her family time during the weekend gathering. Based on the client requirements, the design team's focus on the design was to create an elderly-friendly and good flow open layout that is closely related to the inhabitant's lifestyles. Beside considered of living safety, bring in natural sunlight and greenery to the interior space, the design team choose to feature soothing wood tones with an off-white backdrop and minimalist furnishings that add natural touch and comforting vibe to the home.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 and was completed in March 2022 in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Operation Flow: For the building facade, the main double-volume feature wall is decked out in ventilation blocks to make a strong welcoming visual impact as well as the function of a new balcony space for living and master bedroom. It provide natural light, air ventilation and also privacy for the interior space. At night, the indoor light transmission highlight the ventilation feature wall as a facade light box. At ground floor, few walls that separated the area were torn down for a greater flow open layout plan while maintaining visual connectivity between spaces. A double volume outdoor courtyard garden attached raise-up platform was placed next to the living area to let the homeowner enjoy the landscape and sunlight while reading and chilling at here. The raindrop help to watering the greens while raining and let the inhabitants close to different weather. The ventilation blocks design also provide privacy and a greater air flow ventilation for the interior space. Sectioned off with sliding glass door, wet kitchen is designed to be easy maintenance for the homeowner who habitually cook. The designer added a new large window and skylight to visually expand the narrow space and bring in the natural light for the laundry space. The courtyard landscape and ventilation blocks design continue from ground floor to the master bedroom maintaining a visual connectivity. While enter the master bathroom after the walk-in closet, a large skylight design was purposely place above the bathtub for the inhabitant to enjoy the sky view during day and night time.
Patents: Copyrights belong to The Roof Studio, 2024.
Image Credits: TWJPTO