Housed in a building designed by celebrated Italian architect Antonio Citterio, this glamorous penthouse designed by SuMisura is now a family's dream home
Show units provide potential buyers with ideas on how to create liveable, cosy homes from empty shells. And sometimes, an interior designer’s work is so well-conceived and suited to a buyer’s lifestyle that it makes perfect sense for the new owner to keep the interiors and move straight into the already furnished space.
At 3 Orchard By-The-Park, developer YTL tasked interior design firm SuMisura to furnish the penthouse. “The developer’s brief was to create a gorgeous show unit for buyers who appreciate the high life and want to own a rare, freehold super penthouse in Singapore,” says SuMisura’s creative director Angela Lim. “At the same time, we were told to be mindful of what the architect Antonio Citterio had already put into the property, which in itself is a high benchmark of luxury.”
The 7,000sqft duplex features six bedrooms. Citterio's plan places most of the rooms on the first level and common spaces on the second level, connected by a linear staircase. While spacious, there were some limitations. One example is a glass box in the common area, which houses a courtyard and staircase that leads to the roof terrace and swimming pool. Lim felt that this feature prevented potential buyers from visualising the full extent of the space.
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