Sim-Plex Design Studio has created an apartment in Hong Kong for a couple that lives with their parrot, an elderly parent and her pet cat.
Located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, the 42-square-metre Pets Playground apartment belongs to a young couple, Ken and Teri, who own a parrot. The apartment is shared with Teri's mother, who owns a pet cat.
Hong Kong-based Sim-Plex Design Studio designed the apartment so that the couple, mother and pets could all enjoy both private and communal spaces, while preventing direct contact between the parrot and the cat.

"We created a flexible layout for the young couple, so that not only the pets could have their own space for activities, but could also fulfill the different living requirements of the two generations of people," said Sim-Plex Design Studio director Patrick Lam. "We hope that the flexibility of the layout of this apartment will enable the homeowners and their mother to have both private and communal living spaces which would stop creating the same problem."

Addressing the needs of the pets, Lam explained that the parrot required a large cage, preferably placed somewhere where it could enjoy the sunshine, while the cat needed a litter tray and a space to play and move around.
After consultations with the owners, Simplex Design Studio decided to place the parrot cage on a low cabinet in front of the large west-facing window in the living room.
Close to the master bedroom where the couple sleep, the cage is p...