
Wildcard — George Town, Penang
Hin Bus Gallery
The brief
A private gallery for a single collector, embedded within the converted Hin Bus Depot. The brief was to make a space neutral enough to host quarterly rotations of contemporary work without competing with it.
The approach
We left almost everything we found. The existing concrete floor was repaired, not resurfaced; original ceiling beams were retained. New work was limited to a single white plaster wall, a track-lighting rail, and a freestanding cengal desk for the gallerist. The room is meant to disappear when work is hung.







The room does its job, which is to stop existing the moment a painting goes up.
Credits
- Photography
- Charmaine Poh
- Main contractor
- Heng Construction Sdn Bhd
- Lighting
- Kelvin Loh Studio
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