Domestic bliss
A family of four prefers to stay in and invite friends over, a renovation having given them ample space in which to play
You know you are doing something right when your children give you the thumbs up. Having previously lived in their Mid- Levels apartment as young tenants, Harry and Jake Fisher seem delighted that their parents, Christopher, from Australia, and Hong Kong-born Sophia, bought the home and gave it a complete makeover.
“We think it’s really cool,” chime Harry and Jake, aged seven and eight, respectively, of their newly renovated flat. “We’ve even got our own television and loads of space to play.”
Architects Ivan Wong and Agnes Lee of In-between Design Office planned and executed the renovation of the Fisher family’s 1,500 sq ft apartment to make it feel larger. The duo, who worked with the contractor Palacio Interior, installed glass doors and walls and incorporated a corridor between the living and sleeping areas to heighten the sense of travelling between two halves of the apartment.
“Corridors can be a disaster in Hong Kong,” says Wong. “They tend to be boring, narrow walkways. We tried to apply purpose by adding bookshelves and storage and giving it interesting focal points in the form of artwork”: a collection of antique maps.