This Artwork imagines the tiger as a creature that dissolves into the greenery, something which is ‘there’, yet ‘not there’. It is conceived as layers of patterned porous screens which align to form a larger-than life tigers head.
At the heart of the collective building lies a connecting spine—a common corridor that threads through the different shophouses. A Living Room for the neighbourhood—welcoming all, from families and youth to staff and visiting delegates, and fostering incidental encounters and shared experiences.
Drawing inspiration from hidden geometries of nature and patterns in genetics, Little Ginger takes shape as an abstraction of a ginger flower, its organic form emerging through rhythms of repetition, variation, and sequence.
We wanted to retain, reinterpret and reassemble the existing space in surprising new ways. The aim was to create a space that invites visitors to slow down and have a calm coffee experience while the scent of roasted coffee lingers in the air. And what's more relaxing than a walk in the park?
As Ladybug Girl and her Mama chose to take the long way home, here lies the stop Banelé.
Bringing the outdoors in, the shop seats within a shop. The landscape serves as a contrasting respite zone.
Some times, the ladybug sings. Some times, the ladybug bakes.