Micro

The design task was to complete the reconstruction of the ground floor apartment of 27 m2 in Split, Croatia. The comfort in the apartment within the existing dimensions of 7.5 x 3.6 m is enhanced by inserting a multifunctional box that houses various elements of use, seemingly standard for this type of living space. Darko Škrobonja Darko Škrobonja Darko Škrobonja The inserted box accommodates a wardrobe, storage, bed, seating element, shelves, installations and functions just like a Swiss Army knife. The bed becomes a sofa, the sofa is a storage, the storage is an installation space, the installation space is a bed shelf and more. Existing installation verticals define the position of the sanitary facili... More

Located in a 1930s building, this garden-level apartment needed major structural repairs. Its odd layout and challenging features of exposed foundation walls and large structural columns were further complicated by being partially submerged below grade and hemmed in by foundations. This gave the apartment a subterranean feel that only allowed for brief moments of natural daylight. The renovation aimed to introduce more lightness, joy, and purpose into this unremarkable space. Fei Liu Fei Liu The new apartment uses a flexible targeted design, elevates simple materials, and carefully-proportioned spaces to raise the residents' quality of life. Extensive custom, locally-built millwork such as folding and pivoting doors, a rotating t... More

The home by principle is evolutionary, and adapts to new conditions. Doméstico refers to a habitable artifact that allows the condensing of everyday activities into one organizing element that transforms easily, and does not sacrifice comfort. JAG Studio This artifact is located in a 27,5 sqm mini studio inside Moshe Safdie & Uribe Schwarzkopf’s Qorner building, near La Carolina Park, in the city of Quito. The project is born from the need to solve, through architectural strategies, the spatial and formal limitations of this new way of living, that relates directly to urban and social mobility. JAG Studio The shape, orientation, and functions are conditioned by the geometry of the space, the relation with visuals, as... More

The project involves converting a former chapel in the country into a 25 sq m mini-loft surrounded by greenery focusing on the uniqueness of small space living. A concept of living outside of space and time in contrast to many extreme demands of modern life. The project underlines the concept of simplicity to transmit the idea of essentiality in living: small space and compact living becomes a choice, both in terms of lifestyle and design. Beppe Giardino In terms of architectural design this means a deep attention to detail: every single element in the space, as well as every living relation, looking for a perfect balance between objects, materials and functions. The project develops a peculiar spatial arrangement where space subdivis... More

This small apartment in Singapore of only 43 square meters evoked two fundamental questions: (1) Could a small apartment still support a lifestyle as vivid and varied as those in larger spaces? (2) How much of life’s spectrum of activities, from introverted retreat to extroverted entertainment, could be embodied in a compact space? Studio Periphery Instead of relying on the conventional means of transformable partitions to accommodate the multi-functionality of the apartment, this design innovates by sculpting a spatial gradient along which the multiplicities of life progress by the ascend or descend along this inclination. Studio Periphery Transformable partitions such as pivot, sliding, or hinged panels often require a... More

This  25sqm studio apartment is located in the center of the business district in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, where most of the city's foreign embassies and the tallest skyscrapers are located in the area.   Having limited space to accommodate the needs to live and work and the same, the owner commissioned the local design studio Co+in Collaborative Lab to come up with a tailored design solution for the apartment to fulfill all basic living functions and adaptive with remote work lifestyle. Caption The main design challenge is to create generous storage spaces to avoid the visual clutter of the small-size apartment. Within the enclosed space, the client also wants to have a multifunction space that allows the space t... More

Uxolo Apartments is the first completed micro-unit residential development located in the Cape Town CBD. The project consists of 35 residential units ranging between 24m² micro studio units and 40m² loft units, as well as a lobby and retail area on Ground Floor on a stand of only 195.5m². The initial development intention for the project was to create an iconic short-stay accommodation destination in Cape Town, with some log-term tenants, in the same way that Tokyo has the Nagakin Capsule Tower and Rotterdam has the Cube House. The Covid-19 pandemic has however resulted in a re-evaluation of this approach, focusing on longer-stay tenants. This resulted in units that where far more complex in design to meet the considerably m... More

After renovating the 22 m2 flat in Taipei, many people who own tiny living units have tried to contact us and made us realize that this type of living space is more general than what we acknowledged. The renovation project of the 10-year-old flat started in this context. The square footage of the flat is 17.6 m2 and net height is 3.4 m in the living space and 3m in the area of kitchen and bathroom due to the pipes under the upper floor. There is a concrete beam going through between to two parts, therefore, the condition is more restricted and challenging than the 22 m2 flat in horizontal and vertical dimensions.   For the nature of her job, the flat owner has frequent opportunities to live abroad for a long term with an allocated fl... More