About
Transforming Design Boundaries, Creating Sustainable Futures.
Studio SKLIM is a design practice dedicated to pushing and blurring the boundaries of the built environment, design, and material research to create transformative spaces. Our multidisciplinary approach enables us to explore innovative design concepts that challenge traditional definitions. Sustainability is at the heart of our practice, as we integrate sustainable strategies and future-proof primitive materials for contemporary applications. The studio is based in Singapore with a presence in India.
Design opportunities are inherent. We firmly believe that these opportunities are waiting to be unleashed or given a new perspective. The organisation of “raw materials” in the form of environmental data, typographical conditions, cultural peculiarities, and technological limits form a new platform from which we initiate these extractions. Our fast-changing contemporary life demands a rethink and reorganisation of existing spatial parameters, making conceptual clarity and contemporary investigative research instrumental to our design process.
Banality breeds creativity. Each of our projects stems from its own unique set of pragmatics and constraints. We believe that the most basic design solutions are intrinsic and able to conjure the most complex relationships with this simplicity.
The understanding of materials involves both craft and experimentation. We like to play with materials, understanding their sensitivities and sometimes pushing them beyond their boundaries. We identify local crafts and resources to possibly bring a context to our work, believing in this mutual learning process to produce for the future.
No man is a design Island. We embark on design journeys with our clients and consultants, as a collective experience to explore market demands, environment sustainability, design technology, and socio-cultural landscapes with the hope of creating built environments that resonate with our design values.
Now
Studio SKLIM has garnered widespread print media coverage from international publishers, including Thames & Hudson, Frame, Domus, Gestalten, Braun, and Phaidon. Notably, Studio SKLIM’s Hansha Reflection House was selected among the ‘400 of the most influential, innovative, and awe-inspiring houses from the early 20th century through to the present day in Phaidon’s publication entitled ‘Houses.’
Studio SKLIM’s works have also been prominently featured on online portals such as Design Boom, Dezeen, Archdaily, Monocle, and the Financial Times.
Moreover, Studio SKLIM has exhibited at prestigious venues worldwide, including Dongdaemun Design Plaza (Seoul’s Design Museum), ZER01NE Day (Seoul), the Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition ‘Time Space Existence’ in 2021, The Design Exchange (Canada’s Design Museum) in Toronto, The Centre for Architecture (American Institute of Architects) in New York, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Centre in Singapore, among others. Additionally, the studio has been showcased on HGTV’s (USA) architectural program ‘Extreme Homes.’
Currently, Studio SKLIM is engaged in projects across the Asia Pacific region, with past and active endeavours in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, China, India, and Saudi Arabia.
Principal
Kevin Lim
Kevin Lim is the founding principal of Studio SKLIM, an award-winning interior/architectural design office based in Singapore with built works in Singapore, Japan, China, and India. His formative years were chiseled by one of Singapore’s pioneer architects, William Lim. He has worked in London, Singapore, and Beijing with various international practices including the Dutch architectural practice, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)/of Rem Koolhaas. His past experiences in the Asia Pacific region include high-rise luxury residences, mixed-use developments, office buildings, and educational institutes.
Kevin Lim graduated with the AA Diploma from the Architectural Association in London and a Bachelor degree in Architecture from the National University of Singapore. Kevin is an accredited professional of the India Green Building Council.
Speaker/Panelist @ Singapore Indesign Intimate 2023: Towards a low-carbon built environment
Organised by Indesign Media Asia Pacific
Louis Poulsen Showroom
16th March 2023
Speaker @ 22nd India Design Summit – Design for Transformation Session 2: Design for a Sustainable Future
Organised by Confederation of Indian Industry, India
Virtual conference
30th November – 1st December 2022
Speaker/Panelist @ Hyundai ZER01NE 2022 Creator’s Talks – Sustainability
Organised by Hyundai, South Korea
S Factory, Future Club 2F, Seoul, South Korea
3rd October 2022
Keynote Panelist @ Annual Masterclass 2021 – Considering the Quake
Organised by IMARTA – Architecture Department, Tarumanagara University, Indonesia
Webinar
26th February 2021
Keynote Address @ Design Dialogues’19 – Rethinking the Design
Organised by Indian Institute of Architects – Palakkad Sub-centre
Hotel SriChakra International, Palakkad, Kerala, India
26th January 2019
Speaker/Panelist @ Common Ground: Homegrown Designers
Organised by MKPL Architects & URA , Singapore
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Function Hall
29th March 2016
Speaker/Panelist @ Dialogues on the Ground Series: Small Creative Entrepreneurs and the Spaces of New Economies
Organised by ETH Zurich & Future Cities Lab (FCL)
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Centre Atrium, Singapore
6th February 2015
Heineken’s Open Design Explorations Edition 2 – Key Designer
International Finalist – New York, Singapore, Warsaw, Mexico City
Singapore representative to London Design Week 2014
Presenter @ Pecha Kucha Tokyo
Super Deluxe, Tokyo
26th January 2012
Associate
Ashwin Bafna
Ashwin Bafna, an associate at Studio SKLIM, has demonstrated project leadership in Kolkata, India, overseeing the construction of a home office building, a large residential home, and an 8000 m² international school. His project experience extends across Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and India. He has been with the office since 2018.
Ashwin Bafna graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) from Anna University, Chennai, and is a registered architect in India. He is an Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) accredited professional.
Collaborators
Federico Mira / Machiko Nakamura / Ruca / Debby Yu / Irwin Ho/ Desmond Lee/ Law Jiahao / Michael Yeoh / Beatrice Ong / Josh Pattarapol Punpeng / Zakhran Khan / Ashwin Bafna / Aaron Lee / Suruchi Agrawal / Svasti Agrawal