About
Liora approaches interior design as a process of spatial exploration and creative expression.
She is interested in how environments shape user experiences, crafting connections through form, material and light. With a keen eye for detail, she develops ideas into thoughtful and intentional design outcomes.
Adaptable and driven, Liora sees challenges as a part of growth.
The Atelier
Exhale Inhale Grow
A gentle rhythm embedded in space—an adaptive learning environment that responds to student well-being through spatial sequencing, environmental sensitivity and integrated communal spaces, fostering a balance between focus and interaction. Students are given room to pause, breathe and evolve through a balance of quiet reflection and active collaboration.
The Atelier expands learning beyond conventional boundaries, transforming movement into a spatial narrative of interaction, reflection and expression.
Through fluid transitions, layered thresholds and shared spaces, it creates a rhythm between pause and engagement.
The design frames education as an evolving journey, where moments of solitude and connection unfold naturally, shaped by movement, enriched by experience and continuously redefined through everyday encounters within a responsive environment.
The common space is conceived as a flexible, multipurpose environment that adapts to exhibitions, events, and gatherings. It supports performance and display while providing an open platform for student expression and community engagement. Beyond its active role, the space also offers moments of calm and focus, where structure and materiality create a composed atmosphere for pause, reflection and transition.
The main gallery corridor extends beyond circulation, becoming a spatial platform for interaction and shared experience. Movement is transformed into an active journey where students, staff and visitors engage with artworks and ideas, turning everyday transitions into moments of discovery.
Central to the design is the transformation of circulation into an active learning landscape.
Corridors, thresholds and shared spaces are reimagined as platforms for interaction, expression and informal exchange. These transitional zones dissolve conventional boundaries, encouraging spontaneous engagement and making learning visible and collective.
The project also responds to its tropical context through passive design strategies. Perforated envelopes, shaded overhangs and lifted forms enhance natural ventilation and diffuse daylight, creating comfortable and calm environments. Material choices, particularly the use of warm timber elements, reinforce a sense of tactility and intimacy within open and porous spaces.
Programmatically, the design supports flexibility and adaptability. Key spaces such as the common area, gallery and performance zone are conceived as multifunctional environments that accommodate both structured activities and informal use. This allows the building to evolve with different modes of learning, gathering and expression.
A performance space reimagined as a shared landscape, where boundaries dissolve and interaction become part of everyday movement. Light, air and materiality shape an open, atmospheric environment that supports fluid use and collective experience.
The café is envisioned as a quiet retreat, offering a calm setting for pause and informal gathering. Soft natural light, warm timber and integrated greenery create a grounded environment that feels both open and sheltered.
The classroom is designed as a balanced environment for focus and restoration. Filtered daylight, warm materials and a permeable envelope reduce visual noise while maintaining a gentle connection to the outside, supporting sustained concentration.
Rear view illustrating the interaction between the back façade and the surrounding residential context.
Sections and elevation
Afiqah Sairi
Loh Chee Keong Vinc
Christopher Hau Lup
Loi Euzen
Lee Si Qi
Ow Yi Xun
