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125 Joo Chiat Place
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125 Joo Chiat Place
Before Restoration
After Restoration
Reflection
The Client
I feel that the overall restoration and recreation of ideas on this shophouse was very creative. With its new purpose as a modern family home, it has preserved a strong heritage definition on its façade as well as its interior exposed brick walls. The shophouse has now incorporated a new life to the portal to the past.
They are a couple that grew up in the Katong area. Having worked overseas and had plans to move back to Singapore.
Shophouse was built in the 1920s (Transitional-style)
It used to be a book shop called the 'Lucky Book Store'
The purchase of the site could relive their childhood days
Internally
Ventilation
The original second-storey slab for a side passageway leading to a corner toilet was removed to create a double volume dining area. The original height of the shophouse was also retained.
Optimize space
Facade
Partitions were removed so that the spaces, the old brick walls, timber rafters and floor joists, can be better appreciated. These were carefully restored, cleaned and protected. Fragments of the old boundary walls were also retained for the purpose of originality.
Space is organized in a staggered manner which creates vertical apertures for cross-ventilation, day lightings and access to the outdoor and greenery.
Conventional windows are replaced by openings that help to maintain privacy with the avoidance of having closed windows and drawn curtains.
Many layers of paint-coatings were carefully removed to reveal the original texture of age and colour of the walls which adds to its authenticity. The entire façade wall has been protected with transparent sealers to prevent the surfaces from flaking and also to preserve the look of the property.
The Joo Chiat conservantion area was part of a coconut plantation.
Concrete land at the rear of the shophouse
Part of the area was owned by the Alsagoff Family and a large portion was owned by Mr Chew Joo Chiat after World War 1.
Mr Chew built roads and subdivided the area for shophouses and terraces that were built in the 1920s and 1930s
Transformed into a garden which serves as a communal space for family gatherings.
The area was given its conservation status on 23 July 1993.
The structure built in the center of the garden space is a single storey house that is a single room. This also shows the clever and interesting use of land.
Before
After
Done by: Karman
design by Dóri Sirály for Prezi