An Outdoor Challenge

Nestled in a leafy district off Holland Road in Singapore sits an enviable large piece of land which sits two inordinately designed houses. One of them is a colonial double-storey with handsome balustrades harking back to the early 1930s with the other, a Modernist-style home which anchors as the main structure on this piece of good-class bungalow land. The commission came from the interior designer for three separate stand- alone all-glass vitrines, one of which is a round showcase made entirely of two equal halves of curved laminated glass.

The challenge was only realised later that the owner wanted to place his most precious watch collection in these showcases outside his patio facing the natural elements. This unlikely locale for these museum conservation showcases pose a veritable list of environmental issues such as insects which will be one of the biggest challenges. The other challenges include varying temperature fluctuations (affecting fragile items of display) as well as humidity levels that swing erratically in our tropical environment.