Gibert & Tan transformed a 1970s Kuala Lumpur terrace into a home that retains its charm while fulfiling its owner's modern requirements
The recent trend of transforming terrace houses is an encouraging one. Not only does it use one of the most ubiquitous typologies in the country’s urban sprawl, but the trend has also seen remarkable transformations by architects pushing the boundaries of what seems like a limited envelope.
The remodelling of this 1970s terrace in Bangsar by young Kuala Lumpur-based architecture studio Gibert & Tan may not be as radical but is no less charming. By upcycling selected aspects and reinstating vernacular passive cooling methods, the designers showed how one could live with optimum comfort in a single storey terrace.
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"Our client first contacted us via email while searching for a suitable designer after purchasing their property. The scale of this assignment was not common to us as we usually work on larger houses. However, the proximity of the site and the owner’s ambitions justified an exception to our regular work scope,” recalls Michael Gibert, co-founder of Gibert & Tan.
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