Keiji Ashizawa Design transforms historic Singapore restaurant

The view out of the windows at Loca Nicu is spectacular – and it is not because of any kind of panoramic scenery. Rather, the openings – accompanied by timber shutters painted a blood-red colour – frame the chromatic roofscapes of the House of Tan Yeok Nee within which the restaurant is located.One of these details is a band of ceramic horses galloping in frozen motion across the roof’s da ji (or main ridge), among other imagery. It is a fitting representation of the Japa