Project: Scirocco

Type: 3BR Condominium

Location: Sengkang Grand

Floor area: 90sqm

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Erosion of the Cube: Inside Project Scirocco’s Swept-Surface Sanctuary

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Treating the interior as a volume carved by wind rather than assembled from parts, this residence achieves a rare, monolithic stillness.

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In Project Scirocco , silence is treated as a visual discipline. Drawing inspiration from its namesake—the warm Mediterranean wind—the residence is imagined less as a constructed environment and more as a landscape eroded by air.​

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Rejecting the rigid orthogonal grid, the design pursues a narrative of "soft erosion." The hard 90-degree junction between wall and ceiling is dissolved by a dramatic, swept plaster cove that mimics a wind-filled canvas. Grazed by concealed perimeter lighting, this curvilinear gesture detaches the ceiling plane, creating a sensation of weightless loftiness that defies the physical constraints of the floor plate.

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The palette is a rigorous exercise in monochromatic texture. A landscape of sand and greige washes over surfaces, allowing the architecture to read as a singular, carved entity. Honed limestone flooring flows seamlessly into matte-lacquer joinery, blurring the line between immovable structure and integrated furniture.