“We wanted to create a sense of ‘self’. The working title for the concept was ’An Artist’s Abode’. With Fantastic Frank and with their core in real estate, they have always been someone inviting others to their projects, whether it has been an architect, painter or designer. So what better to do here, but to create a raw canvas which is striking on its own — yet a place where new people and items can own their own space?

This was pre-pandemic, but we envisioned a place where people could come in, sit down, have a coffee, read the papers or a magazine. Maybe have a stroll around. I had this notion that this would be the place where artists, sculptors, furniture-makers and other creatives, could come in & display their work, and feel as if this is just as much their space to inspire people, as it is a place to be inspired in.

Much because that is the way that Fantastic Frank always work towards their clients. They always strive for adding that extra that none else does. I think that the way that they show attention to detail, and in how service-minded they are makes them stand out. The way they listen to those they work with is extraordinary and it’s very rare to find.

And at the end of the day, that was what we wanted the space to be – for everyone and especially for the neighbourhood that surrounds it.” — My Degerth, Architect, Note Design Studio