Architect Frank Gehry’s suspending Cloud lamp for Belux gives an artistic feel to the pantry.
Architect Frank Gehry’s suspending Cloud lamp for Belux gives an artistic feel to the pantry.

March 31, 2022

Words: Luo Jingmei

Photography: Studio Periphery

Right Angle Studio Designs an Inviting Family Office in Singapore

Tranquillity is not conventionally a trait associated with workspaces but this family office designed by Right Angle Studio in Singapore aspires for that. From the entrance to the inner sanctums of this modestly sized office, every element is conceived to afford the users a sense of wellbeing and calm for efficacious administrative work. Screens, applied in manifold ways, are a key device to balance privacy and engagement. The open plan office employs louvred shutters inspired by Straits Chinese houses with rattan screens to reflect the client’s business origins from Indonesia, where the material is commonly found in the vernacular architecture. 

As the brief from the client called for an open-plan layout for all staff with the exception of the Director, the design team introduced rattan panels as an elegant screening device.
As the brief from the client called for an open-plan layout for all staff with the exception of the director, the design team introduced rattan panels as an elegant screening device.
The warm, natural palette continues into the Director’s office, bridging the room with the rest of the office in a harmonious way.
The warm, natural palette continues into the director’s office, bridging the room with the rest of the office in a harmonious way.
Natural ash wood was selected to achieve a subtle and timeless character to the office.
Natural ash wood was selected to achieve a subtle and timeless character to the office.
The warm palette continues into the furnishing, which is kept minimal save for pops of tangerine in the meeting room upholstery.
The warm palette continues into the furnishing, which is kept minimal save for pops of tangerine in the meeting room upholstery.
The corner of walls was rounded off, adding a sense of visual calm to the office space.
The corner of walls was rounded off, adding a sense of visual calm to the office space.
The design team incorporated storage beneath the partition screens, which act as an anchor bridging the screens and workstations matched with Yves Béhar’s Sayl chairs from Herman Miller.
The design team incorporated storage beneath the partition screens, which act as an anchor bridging the screens and workstations matched with Yves Béhar’s Sayl chairs from Herman Miller.
Filing cabinets along the walls were designed to look like wall panelling as part of the aim to create a tranquil backdrop for work.
Filing cabinets along the walls were designed to look like wall panelling as part of the aim to create a tranquil backdrop for work.
Soft translucent curtains in the meeting room complete office’s sense of domestic calm.
Soft translucent curtains in the meeting room complete office’s sense of domestic calm.
A structure of vertical timber screens with a rhythmically descending top cocoons the foyer while shielding the inner workings of the office to the common corridor.
A structure of vertical timber screens with a rhythmically descending top cocoons the foyer while shielding the inner workings of the office to the common corridor.
In the pantry is a pop of colour with olive-green Fritz Hansen Grand Prix chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen.
In the pantry is a pop of colour with olive-green Fritz Hansen Grand Prix chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen.
Architect Frank Gehry’s suspending Cloud lamp for Belux gives an artistic feel to the pantry.
Architect Frank Gehry’s suspending Cloud lamp for Belux gives an artistic feel to the pantry.

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