This 2-stories apartment with 2 balconies is located at top of the building. For the layout, it has divided into 2 main spaces: public and private. The 1st floor is more public with entrance, dining/living area, kitchen, maid’s room and balconies. The 2nd floor considers as a private area with a family room and 3 bedrooms. In both floors, the full-length windows fill most of the areas feeding off the interior with natural lights, ocean view and city skyline. Next to the living room, there is the big balcony that design as a relaxing area with jacuzzi, seating area and a decorative horse facing the outstanding view. The “Horse” element has continued showing at many spaces of the interior. In the living area, the focal point is the red female painting on the wall, combing a great amount of flowers all over the space to enhance the feminine feeling and to layer the space. In order to achieve the design goal, the design style, color and decorations are mostly related to 1930s Shanghai era. The designer had also set up the newest smart home system to be technology modern within the retro Shanghai theme space.

To create a playground, a garden, and a zoo combined, is also the definition of this apartment design. The core entertainment areas are the 2 balconies; they have designed as a playground that brings fun and enjoyment to both adults and children. The big balcony has a Jacuzzi, seating area and a decorative horse. Moreover, many spaces have left empty in order to let the kids run around and play games. Being functional also safe are the main keys to create this space; a narrow fish pond with railing surrounds the balcony keeping distance from human to the edges which provides safety to the kids. Another balcony is smaller and more for adult, a bar and a gathering area with table and chairs are ideal for a group of friends to have gatherings. The second floor provides a full home entertainment feature that includes a home theater. On both floors, there are many animal decorations and flowers filling spaces to create a welcoming environment like a zoo and garden.

This project is a showflat case which is designed for developers. The significance of developing this project is to promote the property, also the developer company and the interior design company themselves. In order to achieve the goal, the designer installed a three-meter tall symbolic horse on the 44th floor; it is totally the spotlight of the surrounding. It can easily be noticed during the day and night and be memorable to anyone that sees it. This is a great marketing tool for the property developers and to showcase the designer.

Beside the concern of business performance, the designer also wants to spread a meaningful message with social value to the public. Macau is a spectacular casino city and an international zone that embraces over four centuries of blended West and East culture and history. Just like the old Shanghai, both are the important cities that connecting China to Western countries. The designer wishes to spread a message to the local Macau people through this project: Macau is not only a city full of casinos, it is also a city of culture and art. The designer also hopes to utilize the symbol “Horse” to emphasize Chinese culture inside the old Shanghai themed property. By bring the horse element to the industry we wish to encourage deep root Chinese culture to developers and Macau residents.

This project involved 5 full-time employees, including Eric (Chief Designer) to master the overall design with relevant parties, communication with client and material selection. A project manager whom will be constantly on site to follow up on progress to ensure all construction is done according to technical drawings and timeline with construction vendor and coordinate onsite logistics, including delivery of materials. A construction manager to oversee and direct construction projects from conception to completion. An administrative supervisor to procure and follows up on all required materials. An interior decorator to purchases furnishings, coordinate items and decorate the space to result in a complete. The finance department also provided their assistance to ensure all payments for the project were processed in time, including the client to avoid any delays. The client played an important role during the project to communicate their requirements, participate in material selection, etc. External experts whom have also assisted including material vendors, whom constantly provided latest details on materials to enable us to select the latest and most trendy materials for this project.

In order to achieve the design goal, the designer used a great amount of decorations. For example the designer installed a glowing horse statue that is three meter in height on the 44th floor balcony. This allowed the symbolic sculpture to be visible during day and night. There are many details of decorations, for example the flower arrangement were all hand crafted and final touched by the designer, as extra layers to the feminine feeling.

The duration of this project took 1 and half year from initiation to final delivery. The total investment for this project including design, all materials and construction was around HK$8,500,000.

The main concept of this project is creating an old Shanghai theme by a contemporary design approach; the design contains many feminine elements to make the whole concept more attractive. The use of “Horse” element is also important to this design, according to Chinese culture, the symbol of the horse has a great deal of meaning and history, it represents power, success, nobility and luck. The aims are to create an unforgettable design for the showflat to achieve the marketing strategy, and to spread a meaningful message about culture and art to public. The result of this project were very close to the expectation.