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[Kit]

Originally posted by heirloom

maximising views is very important please tell that to hdb! but isnt that studio apartment a tad too tiny? only space for a bed and kitchen counter... that's like... smaller than a hotel rooom...

and what's that ungracious urban living thing about.. it seems terribly tiring to have to climb a flight a stairs to kitchen / living room whtaever.. i can't really make sense of it?

Haha... ok. Here goes.

If I remembered correctly(this is about 3 years ago), the studio apartment is about 25 - 30 m.sq. That would be quiet a standard size for studio apartments in an urban setting. My own apartment in Melbourne was about 26 m.sq. The studio apartment you see is bigger than an average hotel room.

Ungracious Living is designed on a residual site (in between 2 buildings) that measures 3.5m in width and 22m in length. The challenge is to fit 4 apartments onto the site. This project investigates living minimally (not taking up more space than you should). A study showed that a person on average only requires about 22% of the space that he/she is using currently. Each apartment consists of 4 1.8m x 1.5m living pods and are accessed with staircases. Staircases are used to circulate the building and are designed to the extend of being "pervous" some may say. That's one of the main idea of this design studio. To investigate the limitations and potential of staircases. The other objective as mentioned before, is to see how much you can design on a restricted site.

[heirloom]

why... didnt.... you.... die... of ... claustrophobiaaa.........

the smallest studio apartment i've seen in sg was 587 sqft i think... thank goodness for that...

but i dont understand why not just flat apartments? will having apartments on different levels save space? how bout that little triangle at the bottom? what's that used for?

[Kit]

Originally posted by heirloom

why... didnt.... you.... die... of ... claustrophobiaaa.........

the smallest studio apartment i've seen in sg was 587 sqft i think... thank goodness for that...

but i dont understand why not just flat apartments? will having apartments on different levels save space? how bout that little triangle at the bottom? what's that used for?

Actually 25 - 30 sq.m. is quite comfortable for single living. If it's ok for an archi student, its ok for everyone. You should see my stuff!!! Actually, all it takes is a bit of organisational skills.

Are you talking about Ungracious Living? The reason why the apartments were staggered is due to the design of the staircases. The set of staircases you see on the front are only internal staircases used within the apartment. There is another set of staricases behind the concrete wall that let you assess the apartments from ground level. The pods were staggered to "meet" up with that main set of staircase. If not, you won't be able to reach the pods and will be banging your head against staircases.

The components (triangle, etc) are parts of the structure that holds up the pods. The pods are suspended by stainless steel tension cables from the top and are anchored at the bottom.

[heirloom]

hrmmm dont really understand

You should see my stuff!!!

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[Kit]

Originally posted by heirloom

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Have to dig.

[RafflesCity]

Originally posted by heirloom

but isnt that studio apartment a tad too tiny? only space for a bed and kitchen counter... that's like... smaller than a hotel rooom...

Actually my room is something like that. Very small with inbuilt kitchen. You get cozy after a while.

Those images are excellent!

[Kit]

Yeah, for once you actually feel that you own the place.

[heirloom]

i need one of those flying things

[heirloom]

just curious, have you picked up aussie accent? and did you pick up aussie phrases eg see ya (instead of bubbai), ta, no worries...?

[Kit]

Originally posted by heirloom

just curious, have you picked up aussie accent? and did you pick up aussie phrases eg see ya (instead of bubbai), ta, no worries...?

Nope, I don't think so. 5 years isn't that long a period for me to pick those up I think.

[RafflesCity]

Originally posted by heirloom

just curious, have you picked up aussie accent? and did you pick up aussie phrases eg see ya (instead of bubbai), ta, no worries...?

Have you? You obviously cant be speaking Singlish over there so how does it sound like when you speak?

[heirloom]

no i haven't... and thank goodness i dont think i'm the type that can pick up accents... i got really appalled with myself when i said 'seeya' for the first time haha and am making a conscious effort not to dont like aussie accent.. a bit like.. texas drawl... just a bit... i speak.. sterile singlish? no lar or lor but the singapore accent is there. you have brit accent?

[RafflesCity]

Nope. But when I speak to non-Singaporeans I try to pronounce everything properly and try to make it sound more tonal - to get better understood of course. However I do use some local British terms like bollocks and cheers..suits the context I guess

[Kit]

Yeah it has become a second nature. Singlish can be switched on and off depending on who you're speaking to.

[eyetoeye]

Still off topic. I've a friend in Melbourne who's been in OZ since 1996-8(forgot). He has quite a strong Aussie accent now. When he visited last Christmas we had a bloody difficcult time trying to figure out what he was trying to say.

I really despise Asians who try to adopt 'western' accents simply because they think it's 'cool' or 'in' or something. Argh.... If you've actually lived overseas it ain't so bad, but if you've been in Singapore all your life or visited the country for only a week, then i get really pissed....

[Kit]

Ever heard of someone picking up a fake yankee accent after spending a month there on holidays? Yup, it actually happened.

[eyetoeye]

Yes. I've heard it happen. My friend is just like that. She acts all posh and sophisticated and can speak in more accents thatn probably exist, including 'yankee', Can't stand her.

[heirloom]

eew yankee is really one accent you shouldnt pick up... it makes my skin crawl.... i like singlish - it's a much more efficient variation of english to communicate in we say in three or four words what they use 20 words to say and we get the message across just as clearly. but i always thought i might go for elocution lessons one day though... see if i can pick up the 'original' english just for fun... would also like to learn latin

[RafflesCity]

Maybe we should speak like the newsreaders. Unaccented but clear and understandable Its usually the radio DJs that like to put on accents.

[heirloom]

ppl like to poach singapore newsreaders