This project involves the conversion and expansion of an existing Gründerzeit roof-top apartment in downtown Vienna into a customized, highly luxurious penthouse. Starting from a finished roof shell, 3 individual (finished) loft apartments are to be combined. 

The penthouse extends over approximately 1000 m2 and has several private roof gardens. The entire apartment is roughly divided into two areas: a private living area with master bedroom, living room, guest room, fitness room and an entertainment area with show kitchen, bar and dinner area.

Opulent

To fit the request for a fancy high-end apartment, we wanted to top the "program" - either by total reduction or complete exaggeration.
Our approach to fancy interior design and opulence was to address the questions "What is opulent?" and "What artworks/genres work with opulence?"

Style epochs such as Art Deco and Baroque as well as postmodern artists and their works such as Peter Greenaway, Marco Ferreri ("La Grande Bouffe") and David Lynch ("Dune") were our answer and source of inspiration. In particular, we have drawn on the ruling houses of the Atreides ("Dune") and cited them in both the living and bar areas.

The dark side

The bright, cozy living space on one hand is counterposed to the dark, mysterious "bar world" on the other. This results in a certain field of tension. Opulence and expansive glamour merge with the mysterious, almost eerie. Honeycomb-like lamps hang from the mysteriously patterned ceilings - the play with the dark side, even the edge, is always present here - even if not at first glance. This is our interpretation of luxury, holding up a mirror at the edge of decadence.