Pushing back against the waste of mass commodification, this thesis engages the acts of repair and (re)making in the architectural interior. It speculates how a burgeoning ‘Do-It-Yourself’ culture that encapsulates a making-do spirit reframes the role of repair in architecture, shifting from the scale of object intervention to spatial reconfiguration. Going beyond conventional scopes of building crafts/tradespeople, the thesis enlists the skillsets of seamstresses, gardeners and bookbinders, as itinerant and make-do 'architects', demonstrating how they might mend spaces occupied by Singapore’s disadvantaged society.

The thesis narrates speculative scenarios for an elderly resident—Mdm Phua, who lives in a HDB flat in Jalan Kukoh. This public housing estate is associated with growing inequality and emerges as a marginalized zone where an experimental architecture through (re)making occurs. A system of devices are designed to assist Mdm Phua in carrying out her daily tasks such as bathing, cooking and caring for house plants while also training mobility and soothing body aches. Four types of body braces work within a system of textile pulley-conveyors. These support Mdm Phua as she moves within three humid zones of varying plant-based microclimates. Each device is made using specific craft skills and assets. Through such acts of (re)making, the process of repair is already occurring, both physically and metaphorically. (Re)making the flat’s interior parallels the mending of relationships to architectural space, thus, reconstituting the role of ‘making-do’ in the lived architecture of the home.