This Hong Kong beachfront home is curvy, calming and ready for the future needs of its young family
- A couple wanted two home offices in their Repulse Bay flat but did not want to sacrifice any of the existing three bedrooms
- Architecture and interior design studio Bean Buro reconfigured the layout, added curves, and set it up to cater to the family’s developing needs
Basic mathematics suggests that five into three won’t go. Creative interior design shows otherwise.
Needing two home offices, without sacrificing any of the existing three bedrooms in their newly bought Repulse Bay flat, in the Southern district of Hong Kong, professional couple Thomas and Alexandria Yang threw down the gauntlet to architecture and interior design studio Bean Buro.
The 14th-floor flat in the 1970s building had a generous 1,932 sq ft (180 square metre) footprint, but much spatial experimentation (on paper) ensued to reconfigure the layout to the family’s specific requirements. In the end, many walls came down, and rooms were repurposed, to carve out the new studies without appearing to impede on the space.
The couple, who work in finance, bought their home in early 2021, attracted by its view over a stretch of Repulse Bay Beach. The redesign started soon after, but because of Covid-related material and shipping delays, work was not concluded until November 2022.
Another challenge issued to designers, Bean Buro co-founding design director Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui and senior project lead Jamie Yue, was flexibility of function.
For now, the couple’s two young children share a room, freeing up the third bedroom to serve as a multifunctional playroom-cum-study, and occasional guest accommodation. Because separate bedrooms might be preferable in the future, Kinugasa-Tsui and Yue recommended loose furniture for both rooms.