“HUGIS Atbp.” is an exhibition of the graduating students of the Philippine School of Interior Design.
What a refreshing experience to see new concepts for designing small spaces. This is the ongoing “Hugis Atbp.,” the exhibition of the graduating students of the Philippine School of Interior Design in both its two-year and four-year programs. The students were assigned to three types of settings with a maximum area of thirty square meters: urban with square or rectangular space; suburban with round and retreat settings with triangular space.
Open to the public the month of October on the fifth floor of Greenfield Tower, the exhibition intends to inspire those whose condominiums had just been turned over to them, this is a must-see for those who are staying in condominiums, since some ideas can still be fused into their existing spaces. The designs are impressive and applicable to row houses and resorts.
The students used concepts they have learned in designing spaces such as symmetry, proportions, repetitions of shapes, colors, natural lighting and ventilation.
The designs include ideas for space saving for small spaces: folding furniture like beds and working tables, hidden cabinets for storage, lofts for the sleeping area and movable walls to create space when bigger space is needed.
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They also incorporated indigenous and recycled materials to their designs including crushed wine bottles as walls for ultraviolet protection. They installed plants that improve the air quality of a room.
Impressive were such ideas as transparent glass walls which can turn opaque with a click of your fingers with a remote control when you want to do your thing in the bathroom area; soundproofing of entertainment areas; presence of a bathtub in a small space and, depending on your mood, using remote controls that can change the colors of light installations in your room including their intensity.
One design adopted an existing structure done by the late National Artist Napaleon Abueva — the unique triangular University Gateway, a waiting shed along the University Avenue. I am impressed with how the students turned challenging triangular areas into living spaces, although some people are more inclined toward the rounded, curved spaces. The least challenging, many opined, still were the traditional rectangular spaces.
