You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.” This old adage becomes all the more salient when living with one’s parents, never mind your kids as well, as three different lifestyle tempos can quickly cause ties to fray. One extended family living in a 2,500-sq-ft apartment at Jardine’s Lookout presented this challenge to local architecture firm Bean Buro when they decided to renovate what was an outdated home to more comfortably accommodate the needs of three generations under a single roof.
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Bean Buro chose to tackle this brief by creating a home that builds on the social relationships and interactions of the residents, while still creating a high level of privacy and independence. The former was achieved with a communal space in the lounge and the open kitchen, between which sits a social island bar” designed for informal gatherings. Meanwhile, independent living is made possible by splitting the private spaces into what are essentially separate studio apartments.
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