Flat

With less than 50 square meters, this project was designed to create a modern and functional space that meets all of the client’s needs. Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes The social area features an integrated kitchen, where we maximized storage space. A highlight is the shallow cabinet along the wall—only 15cm deep—that serves different purposes: in the kitchen area, it works as a pantry and a place to store brooms and mops, while in the living area, it hides the TV behind mirrored doors and includes several shelving niches. Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes Danielle Mendes The washing machine was placed in the kitchen to make use of the... More

The project is to renovate a ground floor unit apartment in Beijing and build a new outdoor bath in the private garden on the north side. This residence is designed with a focus on barrier-free accessibility, as the primary occupants will be the owner, who is in his 50s, and his elderly parents. The design before the renovation featured stage-like steps that mimicked European mansions, which were inconvenient for elderly residents. Misae Hiromatsu / Ruijing Photo Misae Hiromatsu / Ruijing Photo Misae Hiromatsu / Ruijing Photo Misae Hiromatsu / Ruijing Photo Therefore, the low living room has been raised by 30 cm to create a flat dwelling space and eliminate height differences indoors. Only the south side of the living r... More

After the big earthquake in Japan on March 3, 2011, the client inherited a sunny plot of land in a residential suburb of Tokyo, Japan. The destruction that was caused by the earthquake forced the client to spend a short period of time living in isolation and as a result, the client is now intent on designing, for the purpose of a peaceful life, a residential apartment for himself and his tenants. Being a typically shy Japanese man, the owner wants the apartments to have privacy, yet at the same time, wants to also promote sociable exchanges between the tenants.  Koichi Torimura Koichi Torimura Koichi Torimura Koichi Torimura The owner wishes to maximize the apartments buildable volume according to the law and build... More

In 2021, a place for many to share a home, an open concept of the family residence. Sharing a house to live in is no longer only for students; it is a way of comprehending mobility, flexibility, efficiency, and ecology. After the pandemic, it means sharing moments, shared sources, and places even more. This brightly colored home mightily needed to portray the atmosphere of a place designed for co-living. It was necessary to highlight the common spaces, inviting co-livers to share moments, enjoy, relax, learn, cook, and so on, while also providing high-quality private places so that everyone could be independent when needed. The layout, different floors, and terraces (3!) were critical to the success of this project and were efficient in... More

FOG is about the purity of the contemporary interior, about style and eternity, about trend and comfort. A project in which we wanted to try something new, enjoying simplicity and creating harmony, working with materials and light. Caption Caption Minimalism, which stands out with modern details, natural materials – gives the apartment a general atmosphere. FOG is exactly the case when we poetize comfort, using not words but solutions and practicality. Caption Caption From the very entrance to the apartment, we are immersed in the basic concept. The common space for several functional zones was created by the feeling of “fresh air” and the opportunity to “breathe freely”. Several shades of... More

Just a couple of minutes from Spain square, this modern apartment is located in the Poble Sec neighbor which is probably one of the areas that still maintain its traditional identity within the cosmopolite city of Barcelona.   The design was intent to be as simple as possible and compress the services in the central part of the apartment to free up space. One of the main requirements from the client was to provide a sense of spaciousness in a pretty standard apartment size. Because of that we decided to packed up the wet areas in one “block” and the storage area in a lineal volume; in this way we play with the geometry to achieve the client request and at the same time maintain all the program required. Caption In be... More

The flat is located on the third floor of an elegant building dated back to around 1930 in Turin. The landlady, a young professional, used to live in the premises as a child, and came back to live there as an adult with her partner. The challenge of this project was then related to the preservation of feelings and memories the landlady had from her past life, thus avoiding tearing the flat apart. On the other hand, the spaces had to be adapted to a new way of living, in tune with the age and the contemporary taste of its “new inhabitants”. The wide hallway - totally unused if not as a distribution space - was kept intact. We opened the vanishing point on a window though, thus creating a sort of “borrowed passage”, l... More

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The plywood textures and radiant light dominate the senses inside this converted duplex in central London. The project capitalises on the idea that a small home can be full of nuances that help unlock the potential of the different experiences that the space can offer. The main feature of the house is the plywood spiral staircase, reminiscent of a tree trunk, that connects the two floors. The layered ply plays with a range of tonalities that give visual texture to the structure, accentuating the handmade craft that makes the home a warm and charismatic living space. A series of rooflights bring light through the roof and, in turn, through the upper floor, juxtaposing the sharp shapes of sunlight with the angles of the architecture’s... More

The total area is 62 square meters. This apartment is a creative, experimental space. During the implementation there was a lot of improvisation, a large number of different "want" in the selection of colors and furniture. But the wiring of electricians and plumbers was carried out according to a very strict plan. The walls here are also in decorative plaster, as in many of my other projects. Here everything is built on sharp contrasts - ceiling slabs without finishing, but only in painting, in contrast with perfectly smooth walls. Velor sofa and linen curtains. The overall style of the apartment is modern with the use of classic elements , as well as with ethnic elements that are particularly well read in the tile on the work surface, the... More

Apartment - Mnisek Pod Brdy Project Year : 2019 Location: 252 10 Mníšek pod Brdy, Czechia Published by: 2prostory   More

The progress achieved by systematic research will give birth to a dictionary of elements that, developed further, will lead to a “grammar”.W. Kandinsky, 1924, “Point and Line to Plane” A. ANALYSIS1.  A groundbreaking architectural vocabularyDefining the POINT and the LINE, W. Kandinsky and P. Klee have identified rich symbolic and conceptual content to these archetypal engravings. With their theoretical and painting work, the modern masters of abstraction laid the principles for a methodical composition on canvas, based on these primary Elements.What would the content of this radical vocabulary be if, reductively in some way, it was to be extended to the "3D canvas"?Extruded to the third dimension, the POINT, the LINE and the... More

The light weight structure of FLAT integrates easily with the elegant terrace of the Barcelona hotel H10 Port Vell, adjacent to the Born neighbourhood. During the day this rooftop terrace becomes a Spa furnished with the FLAT chaise-longue organised around the pool. While at night the terrace converts to a bar-lounge designed with FLAT sofas, armchairs and tables where guests can enjoy a drink and privileged views over the port. More