The trompe l'oeil camera lens surrounding the spyhole on Clifton Leung's front door offers a clue to the nature of the apartment inside.
'I wanted to do something that hadn't been done before,' says the Hong Kong-based architect. 'I didn't want a normal apartment where you open a door and find a room with four walls. I wanted to experience space differently.'
When Leung bought his 1,000 sq ft Mid-Levels flat with wife Lisa it was a traditional three-bedroom apartment.
'I knocked down all the walls and opened it up,' Leung says. 'I wanted it to be more spacious, more usable and flexible.'
Central to Leung's design are 10 sliding doors that close off rooms while creating other spaces. The open-plan kitchen can be enclosed and a central corridor running the length of the flat disappears when the doors of three adjoining rooms - the living room, Lisa's study and the bedroom - are slid shut.
'When you close and open the doors you change the perspective of the whole space,' Leung says. 'It can change the mood and environment.'