The new showflat

Had an earlier posting about how predictable showflats have become.
While I have yet to see a showflat populated by Maarten Baas or the other kids at Moooi, this showflat at Scotts Highpark, with its North African leanings, is a decidedly interesting departure from the rest.
The rooms look rather sizeable and that promise of a feature pool or jacuzzi on that unbelievably balcony with a vantage point to the surrounding greenery and black and whites(notice the black and white bungalow in the distance- I reckon that's real too, given the right unit and not a figment of the artist's imagination).

It is my personal belief that the more buoyant a property market becomes, the more sophisticated showflats(and consequently unit design and concepts for development) get. The trend towards larger units is a positive side effect in a booming property market otherwise characterized by en bloc exercises in a bid to create (much) smaller units.

Luxuruious, high end city living ceases to be about tiny, overdesigned spaces but are instead being characterized by a more benign concept of living where large living spaces, surrounding greenery (whilst being conveniently, even surprisingly close to the city centre). Where large units were previously restricted to penthouses within any development, a move towards bucking that trend became increasingly recognizable, with the more egalitarian Grange Residences(units of 2500-2800sqft, curiously lacking in penthouses) and BLVD, where the smallest unit is around 2034sqft.