We can find Chinese shophouses all over Singapore. Since more of the half of Singaporeans are Chinese from long, long time ago. Shophouses were originally utilised as places of business downstairs and residences upstairs. Now, most of residence are separated with business area.
While many old shophouses were demolished during a period of urban renewal, now their value has been recognised. Conservation and gentrification is the name of game.
The shophouses can be renovated according to modern style. Even the paintwork can match the colours. The details can be depicted in old photographs. While there are restrictions, such as the façade should be left like origin, there is also a lot of leeway behind the front door.
Once the interiors of the old owners is stripped away, the shophouses can be transformed to suit modernist sensibility. Like some shophouses we visited last time in Singapore. The home bears a little evidence of its past, except its façade.
Respecting tradition while also embracing contemporary style and luxury was the key factor in the renovation of the an 85-year-old Chinese-style shophouses that evoked warm memories of the childhoods.
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