Howard's Kitchen

Project location: Green Valley Senggigi, Lombok
Client: John Howard Singleton

I don't drink coffee I take tea, my dear
I like my toast done on one side

- Englishman in New York by Sting- 

My client is an English man having a semi-villa house nearby Senggigi beach, Lombok. He has provided a room at the rear of the house.
  
FIRST PRESENTATION
The analytics of needs I have made based on interview with him, it concludes that the kitchen must accomodate activities such as: cooking, dinning for 3 persons, cutlery cleaning and saving, food serving and laundry. Yes, laundry, as there's no space for laundry which means kitchen is the only place the laundry machine placed at. Here is the plan:

As you can see on the image above, the laundry area and wash basin are separated by standing stove. Briefly speaking, it.s not efficient. However, the key is what behind the wall. It is empty area or you can say it as backyard.

Attempting to not wasting spaces, the dinning table is sticked to the wall using metal construction and dynabolt. I use stool instead oif dinning chair.


SECOND PRESENTATION

During the second presentation, I came up with the design and fixed quotation (the raw price has been given and agreed on first meeting). Note: budget quotation should not go over the limit agreed on the previous meeting. As you can see on picture above, there are two colour option. In fact, two is less. It turned out that the client wanted more.

THIRD PRESENTATION
Following illustration is the final design. The colour has been tweaked, the stool has been changed into light plastic chair.

 Here is the list of material applied:

• COUNTERTOP. Granite stones.
• DINNING TABLE CONSTRUCTION: Hollow metal 3,5"
• CABINETS. Plywood finished high pressured laminate
• WALL PANEL BETWEEN CABINETS. Tile (has been existed prior to the design)

INSTALLATION
Following is a picture depicting installation process.

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Mr Lalu Arya's Home | First Floor

Client: Mr Lalu Arya
Location: Mataram, Indonesia
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

Before getting started, let me put it this way: In Indonesia, ground floor is perceived as first floor. So when I say first floor, it reffers to the lowest floor.

Now, let's get started.

This 3 floors house is belonged to a couple who runs restaurant business. Mr and Mrs Arya have been building their new house with sophisticated fixture including fish pond on second floor with side pool and jacuzzi on third floor. The first floor contains of: kitchen and master bedroom.

PROBLEM
My client started contacting me as soon as the walls were raw built but not finished yet. Rooms are already existed including cable installation and concrete ceiling. The problem is: they did not hire architects for planning their house. Therefore, there are few issues I am concerned about such as zoning and grouping connection, circulation, kitchen countertop which is existed but not at standard height, built-in wardrobe which is situated in inappropriate location, etc. Lesson: Are you going to build a house? Get architects to work with!

KITCHEN
Following is the layout of kitchen area on first floor. Click on the image to enlarge.

As you can see on picture above, the kitchen consists standing unit for refrigerator and water heater, sink and gas stove which is going to instaled on to the countertop. My client requested a electrical dishwasher. I put it nearby the sink for plumbing efficiency.

The idea is to apply wooden ellegant kitchen with White as the accent. Brighter wooden texture used to combine with the darker one to create classic-look effect.

MASTER BEDROOM
As I said before, the problem of this project is that there was architect involved in planning the building. My clients have provided a built-in wardrobe storage made of wall in the master bedroom on their behalf, completed with TV antenna cable installed in the wall.

The problem is: In my point of view, the wardrobe is supposed to be situated there, however, built in wardrobe is not necessary as wasting space. All I can do is creating the wardrobe storage along with TV panel as efficient as possible.

The White colour depicted on image above is the wall. The sliding doors are intended to make the doors possibly opened. The intereseting fixture is: Do you see a Gibson guitar character?

At "sleeping zone", classic and modern are collided intentionally. The headboard is made of 4 inches thickness sponge covered with fabric in squares pattern. That one is modern. Wooden wall panel and oriental wallpaper pattern are representating classic.

Secret Wardrobe Area

 

 

Location: Mataram
Client: Michael

My client needs a secret room in his bedroom. 

The problem is: I have to design connecting door which is camouflage. 

As you can see the drawing plan above, the idea is to hide the wardrobe room using two sliding doors as entrance. So when you open the first door, you will find a small storage for suitcases and clothes.

Home Office

Client: Heru Sutrisna
Location: Mataram City, Lombok Island

DATA & LAYOUT
My client needs an office in his home which is capable of accommodating work-activity. This office is located in the front area of his house. This office will provide equipment such as:
- CCTV
- Modem
- Telephone
- Battery Charger
- Computer
- Printer
- Archive storage
- Key storage

Layout plan. Click the image to enlarge

As you can see on the layout plan above, my plan is to design a computer-desk and a big storage with power outlet on both furniture.

PROBLEM
To accommodate the equipment/ gadget, the furniture must provide power outlet. Therefore, cable installation is the main problem. Cable must be installed inside the furniture otherwise the room will get messy.

CCTV cable. Click to enlarge

The picture above is CCTV and internet cable. All will be hidden and installed on the storage.

PROBLEM SOLVING | COMPUTER DESK
This computer desk is facilitated with power outlet and a box to save printer cable. You can see the detail below:

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As you can see, the computer desk is connected to the cabinet so the printer can be placed in the storage instead of on the desk. Following are the detail images of how this desk works:

THE CABINET
The function of this cabinet is to save archives, books, keys and also to save laptop or hand phone while charging.

DESIGN PROCESS
Following picture is the Computer-Generated 3D visual and the drawing plan.

 Visual 3D

Drawing Plan. Facing the Cabinet

Drawing Plan. Facing the computer desk

Under Construction

Final Result

Small But Roomy Dining Area

Client: Ridwan Maulana
Location: Lingkar Harmony | Lombok | Indonesia

The dining area consists of kitchen and dining table. Black granite stone is used as countertops for the kitchen. For dining table, I use wood material. To split these two different countertops, I create split level: the kitchen is 85 cm which is height-standard for kitchen, as for dining table is 75 cm height.
As you can see on the drawing plan, there is additional "drawer" between the wall and refrigerator. Technically, it's a vertical drawer with wheels instead of railway.
The top cabinet is up to ceiling, so there is enough space to save equipment, or let say: mini warehouse in the kitchen. Instead of common material such as mozaic, I use mirror to make this dining area looks light and roomy.

Gallery of Niwa

Client: Niwa Lombok Pearl
Location: Mataram, Lombok Island

 Prior to moving into new building, Niwa Lombok Pearl was a conventional jewelry shop located off Senggigi road. The new building is initially a house which has been renovated.
During the early meeting with the owner, I came up with an idea to change the concept from "Shop" into "Gallery". In my point of view, instead of getting face-to-face with a shopkeeper, jewelry customers will feel much comfortable in getting accompanied by a shopkeeper.

AREA ZONING & CONCEPT DESIGN
I divide the area into public and private area. As room divider, I use the existing storage belonged to my client and add a sliding door as room connector.

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According to the research made by retail researchers, people tend to turn a left as soon as they coming into a shop. However, as you can see on the layout above, I place the lounge on the left side of the entrance. The reason is: The first stuff people see once they come in is a column to which I develop become a display. I can not move this column ( I wish I could turn into Hulk). They will step closer to the display-column if they get interested. Afterwards, I assume that they will be moving to the left side and "Bingo!" they see the lounge is there.

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So I intend to make the customers feeling more relax rather than insist them to be shopping in a hurry. Why relax? Because it's a jewelry gallery not seven eleven. One more thing, because my design concept is: Make yourself home.

THE DISPLAY
As I explained early, I intend to have customers getting accompanied instead of getting face to face with shopkeeper. So I place the displays stick to the wall as you can see in the following image:

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As you can see, there is a table with pouf chairs. The idea is to provide a place for customers to get consulted with the shopkeeper regarding the jewelry they have just picked up.

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On a corner of the main display, I put a single standing display for a more valuable collection. I put it exclusively behind the wall so people will not see it once they come in. 

COLOUR CONCEPT
The idea is to increase the good-looking-quality of the collection. Wood texture combined with white is so elegance that suitable for gaining the image of the gallery.

   

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About Pantry and Kitchen

Sometimes we get confused of the difference between kitchen and pantry. According to Wikipedia, kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation. Pantry is a room where food provisions, dishes, or linens are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. In my words, kitchen is for cooking raw food; pantry is place for food to place before getting served onto the dinning table.

Following image is a sample of my pantry design. Simply click on it to enlarge.

In the past time, within Asia home style, kitchen was mostly located at rear because cooking activity was categorized as a private activity. Nowadays, especially in urban style, cooking is not a private activity anymore. People tend to show what they cook. It is like how BreadTalk, in which people can directly see the bread making process. The company would like to convince their consumers that the bread is being cooked properly in a clean kitchen.

However, many people still tend to divide cooking area into kitchen and pantry.

Following image is a sample of my kitchen design. Click on it to enlarge.

Dehellenag's Make Up Studio

Client: Ellena Gunawan
Location: Riverside Park, Mataram City, Lombok

Following image is the design. Click to enlarge

My client is a famous wannabe make up artist. She needs a studio in which she and her employees may able to give the best service to their clients.

Function
The analysis of activity and needs were the first thing I got concerned with. The dimension was specified based on the existing site plan.

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Design Concept
I did not even ask my client about the concept. I just asked her promptly what the stuff does she love to collect as a hobby. She loves collecting Hello Kitty stuff since childhood. Bingo! I got the the concept. I decided to play around with pink colour.

What Kind Of Pink?
Once I decided to play around with pink, I made some research about it. Based on my brief research, pink colour is same as white, which is potentially divided into families.  According to Interior Style book released by Benjamin Moore Paints, white can be divided into two families: warm whites, with yellow, pink or brownish undertones; and cool whites, with minty green or blue-gray undertones. In this case, pink is basically the result of red combined with white. More you add the amount of red, you would see the warmer pink. In the return, decrease the red you would get the cooler pink.

Warm Pink. Click on the image to enlarge

Cool Pink. Click on the image to enlarge

As you can see both images above, warmer pink has that impact: Sexy. The cool pink is more "princessy", reminds us to the princess movies. For this studio, I chose the warm pink to apply. To neutralize the effect of red, I used white as colour combination. In order to make the room becomes girly, I decided to cover the wall with rose-pattern wallpaper.

Why Tiffany Chair?
Tiffany chair is a kind of fancy chair probably invented by someone called Tiffany. It is chair without arm rest, made of wood, with pillow on the seat. I have suggested my client that this kind of chair is not comfortable to use specially for a make up studio. However, my client insisted to have fancy chair instead of comfort one. 

Following images are the result of the design. Click on the images to enlarge.

ROSE POWER IN BED ROOM

Client: Dennis' Family
Location: Mataram City, Lombok island
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

The idea is to put red as accent into the bed room. As this room is a master bedroom in which the user is a mature couple, I choose rose as a concept to put into the atmosphere of the room.

I divide the room into sleep area and wardrobe area which is separated by a TV panel.

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ELMA'S HOUSE

Client: Dr Elma
Location: Garden View Residence, Mataram, NTB, Lombok
Interior Contractor: WK Interior
Interior Designer: Panglima Erlangga
3D Illustration: Panglima Erlangga 

This house is a modern house located in the center of Mataram city. The owner is a young doctor who is going to get married soon. 
This is a house that comprises three bedrooms. The company I work in has been ordered to design the whole interior except bathrooms and one bedroom.

Layout Design 
I divided room into several areas including: Living Room for guests, Family room (TV Room), Dinning Area and Bedrooms.  

Living Room
The main concept is Contemporary Style. I would like to input classical sense into the living room without leaving the minimalism impression. Sometimes less is getting bored, isn't it?

Family Room
This is a place where the family could mingle up. I designed TV panel which has multifunction. The idea is about efficiency. I was getting concerned about how to create a space for family to link up together, enjoying the TV show especially on Sunday.

Master Bedroom
I applied the minimalism style into this bedroom. Wood texture has been played around. This combination of wood-textures coming from HPL (High Pressure Laminated) has emitted "simple but sweet" looking.