Hdb Floorplans: The Best (And Worst) Layouts In Public Housing

[PublicLife 0]

Just for laughs... Fun with Shapes with the HDB!

Rectangle:

Courtesy of A Simple Place @ Bedok

Hexagon:

Courtesy of Pixiepixel's Pixilated Home

Triangle:

Courtesy of Top Floor Unit @ Compassvale

Circle:

Courtesy of Sembawang Budget Terminal

[adidaem 6]

Found some of the info from this research on public housing in Singapore to be quite interesting, especially the part about layout configuration of the units in older 'linear' type HDB blocks: http://www.morrischia.com/david/portfolio/boozy/research/hdb_20flats_20analysis.html

Thanks for this thread Publiclife! Really informative n eye opening.

[schiz0id 0]

Circle:

Courtesy of Sembawang Budget Terminal

Do you think HDB was trying to be funny with a semi heart-shaped Master Bedroom?

[adidaem 6]

What I really like about EMs is the huge potential to have a right sized open kitchen and an extremely generous living area.

Actually, I would have gotten an EA if I found any that came with 3 toilets. Unfortunately the ones I saw all seem to have only two toilets. You can practically do laps around the generous living and dining area in some of the EAs, or even construct another room to have 5 bedrooms. Can't remember which T-Blog I saw that from tho...

For EMs, I found this explanation by Blownup to be really useful when I 1st started looking at EMs:

This design should be the 1st EM design in Singapore. Many owners built a roof on top of the balcony. And this design originally does not come with a toilet at the lower floor, just a wash area.

This design should be around 20 year old now which I think is the best EM design in terms of space arrangement, esp I like the big balcony which can put at least 2 mahjong tables.

This the smallest and last batch of EM w/o the individual rubbish chute which I'm staying now.

Source: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4853&st=760

[PublicLife 0]

Do you think HDB was trying to be funny with a semi heart-shaped Master Bedroom?

I don't know... But I'm pretty sure they were trying to make a 'point' with this one...

Courtesy of Preciuos Moment @ 5a, Woodlands

[adidaem 6]

Here's another rare EM layout, with a little balcony on the 2nd floor.

Source: Maisonette Makeover - Our 2nd home in AMK

[schiz0id 0]

I don't know... But I'm pretty sure they were trying to make a 'point' with this one...

Courtesy of Preciuos Moment @ 5a, Woodlands

The study that is pencil-shaped. How fitting!

[adidaem 6]

Do you think HDB was trying to be funny with a semi heart-shaped Master Bedroom?

I don't know... But I'm pretty sure they were trying to make a 'point' with this one...

Doesn't seem like HDB designers are fengshui believers... all these weird apartment and room shapes will give FS masters a really hard time with their missing sectors and sharp corners.

[schiz0id 0]

Here's another rare EM layout, with a little balcony on the 2nd floor.

Source: Maisonette Makeover - Our 2nd home in AMK

This is really rare. I'm always around AMK but have never noticed this. Must open my eyes bigger next time i'm around there.

Edited September 14, 2011 by schiz0id

[mummymantras 0]

Here's another rare EM layout, with a little balcony on the 2nd floor.

Source: Maisonette Makeover - Our 2nd home in AMK

Wow! This is amazing! I can just imagine sitting on my own private balcony in the early morning having coffee and watching the sun rise, before going downstairs to breakfast. Sigh...

[mae29 2]

Doesn't seem like HDB designers are fengshui believers... all these weird apartment and room shapes will give FS masters a really hard time with their missing sectors and sharp corners.

Weird indeed. In feng shui, we prefer houses with squarish or rectangular shape. No amount of feng shui cure can bring back the effects of houses with missing sectors, bends and sharp corners!!

Edited September 15, 2011 by mae29

[PublicLife 0]

The study that is pencil-shaped. How fitting!

Yup. Although I do wonder what HDB was thinking with a pointed bathroom though!

Courtesy of Our Ea Pasir Ris - Piggy N Snake

[PublicLife 0]

Here's another rare EM layout, with a little balcony on the 2nd floor.

Source: Maisonette Makeover - Our 2nd home in AMK

Thanks for the contribution, adidaem! Completely missed this one! It is amazing! Never seen an EM layout like this before.

[adidaem 6]

Weird indeed. In feng shui, we prefer houses with squarish or rectangular shape. No amount of feng shui cure can bring back the effects of houses with missing sectors, bends and sharp corners!!

Hehe, I actually wondered what you'll think of those apartments.

FS lesson learnt... no missing corners and weird shapes.

Thanks for the contribution, adidaem! Completely missed this one! It is amazing! Never seen an EM layout like this before.

Most welcome... I would love to add these unusual EMs that I've seen in pics but unfortunately I do not have the floor plans:

- Bishan 'sky terrace' EM (been to one for viewing - upstairs is just 2 bedrooms and a toilet)

- Sunset Way's triangular EMs (not just limited to Sunset Way but I'm not sure where else in the East)

- 'Lofts' in Hougang and Sin Ming areas... with stairs going up to a little room and living rooms with high ceilings that you can play badminton in.

- One of the 4 rare Strathmore penthouse EMs

- One of the rare Choa Chu Kang penthouse EMs

There are also those old HDB terraces in Jalan Bahagia & Mamor...

[mae29 2]

Just for laughs... Fun with Shapes with the HDB!

Circle:

In I-Ching Feng Shui, we refer to IMAGES.

A Broken-Heart MBR and a Toilet in the centre of house.