NC Design + Architecture Limited (NCDA)

Imperfect Residence

Imperfect Residence

Imperfect Residence

Nc Design & Architecture Limited

ARCHITECTS
Nc Design & Architecture Limited

SENIOR INTERIOR DESIGNER
Viktorija Valiulyte, Rain Ho

OPERATIONS MANAGER
John Liu

LEAD DESIGNER
Nelson Chow

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Hong Kong

TYPE
Residential › Apartment

Imperfect Residence

Designer Nelson Chow, a lifelong friend of the couple, was asked to design their new Hong Kong home.

Imperfect Residence
Imperfect Residence

They gave him complete freedom with only three provisos: It should look beautiful, be functional and age well.

The designer proposed a concept that works on two levels, the design should visually be uncluttered while meeting all the functions;

Imperfect Residence
Imperfect Residence

everything should be seamlesslessy integrated as part of the architecture and not exists as separate scattered objects.

On a psychological level, the design should make the occupants feel relaxed, like a little oasis away from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong.

The proposed concept goes beyond the visual and is based on the ancient Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi, which embraces beauty that is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.

Imperfect Residence
Imperfect Residence
Imperfect Residence

This attitude lies at the very foundation of the design language which NCDA has sympathetically translated into a contemporary aesthetic that mixes bold geometries with materials in their natural unfinished state.

The Residence inspires to accept the beauty of imperfection and incompleteness, setting the residents’ free from the everyday.

Imperfect Residence


Imperfect Residence
Imperfect Residence

NC Design + Architecture Limited (NCDA)
T +852 3549 8720
NC Design + Architecture Limited (NCDA)
1803, 233 Hollywood Road, sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China 香港上環荷李活道233號1803室