We took on this home renovation project in Hong Kong’s Tin Hau neighborhood. We are facing the challenges of preserving the apartment’s original corner houses architecture and adapting to its triangular layout — two significant constraints we took as a creative prompt and turned into the home’s strengths. The 70-square-meter unit’s original layout included imposing concrete columns and beams that obstructed the space and posed a significant design challenge. Instead of concealing them, however, we made the bold choice of leaving them bare, thereby defining the apartment’s distinct grid-like structure to keep the space undisturbed and in harmony with the existing structure.