Built almost entirely of off-form concrete, Choo Gim Wah Architect's suburban sanctuary is designed in deference to feng shui principles
In the right hands and deployed correctly, concrete can be a thing of beauty. Think of the elegant austerity of Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, or the poetic lyricism of Tadao Ando’s Naoshima Art Museum. To convey the beauty of concrete in a home, however, takes some doing as the hard finish can run contrary to the widely accepted idea of the home as a warm, welcoming sanctuary.
However, architect Choo Gim Wah, whose modernist oeuvre embraces the material wholeheartedly, it seemed like quite a natural fit when a client came to the firm around 2016 with an idea for an open-plan, off-form concrete aesthetics. Rising to the challenge, the architect would soon wholeheartedly embrace the design, while taking into consideration Feng Shui principles.
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