Duo ResidenceS Penthouse

This 2,400 sqft penthouse at Duo Residences in Singapore features an outdoor roof deck and three bedrooms. The interior’s angular plan reflects the geometric architecture of Duo by German architect Ole Scheeren. Our strategy was to smoothen each sharp wall edge with a curve, infusing the interior with fluidity. A graphical wall pattern wraps the dining room, created by infilling a framework of textured, ivory coloured mamorino plaster with Ash timber veneer. Our idea was to create a wall inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian elements, so as to achieve a sense of regularity and harmony with the repetition, while incorporating a twist as the walls curve to turn corners.  Overhead, the curvilinear ceiling is accentuated with slatted ash timber veneer. Our studio principal Gabriel Tan designed the dining table, dining chairs and vases in this space, as well as the sofa, coffee table and TV console in the living room.

Inspired by the interior treatments of an apartment Gabriel had experienced at Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park in Detroit, we wanted to work with colours in a strong and decisive manner - this intention was especially evident in the Egyptian blue staircase volume. The same approach was adopted for the bedrooms, where grey and green tones flow from ceiling to walls. On the rooftop, graphical black and white wall tiles from Mutina, timber cladded bench seating and customised sunshades draped in elegant loops complete the design.