Minimal

With a new location perfectly situated between the new Whitney Museum and the Standard Hotel in New York City’s fashionable Meatpacking District, the founders of Caudalie knew they had a location that demanded something more than the typical retail shop. For this special location facing the Highline, Caudalie once again selected Mapos to design their new space. Our ambitious strategy was to devise a design-forward space that is more than just a store. Through creative programming, we merged the idea of a boutique, a spa and treatment center, and a café and wine bar concept into an ultra-compact example of the future of retail experience, where luxury retail and hospitality merge into a cohesive, brand-driven experience. Behind the landmarke... More

Private Residence is a minimalist home located in Hong Kong, designed by Human w/ Design. A Hong Kong based studio Human w/ Design was asked by client to redesign their 19 years apartment, into a minimal and practical space. For this 45 square-metre apartment, 3 bedroom is needed to fulfill the family members requirement. Due to the structural restriction of the building, the most appropriate way to achieve it is adding the new bedroom at the window side area of the original living room. A reeded glass block partition is constructed to separate the new bedroom and living area to maximize natural daylight penetration while preserving certain degree of privacy. It also acts as a feature wall for living room providing a sense of... More

42 Broadway is a minimal space located in Hong Kong, designed by Human w/ Design. A large wooden wall at the back of living and dining area providing plenty of concealed storage including a maid room, letting the rest of space to be more open and airy. Materials and color palette of wood veneer, stone and beige tone expressing a natural touch and feel. The study rooms double sliding doors can be fully open to create a large share space with dining room for friends gathering. The selection of clean and simple form of furniture and ironmongeries to match with the minimal approach for the space. Kitchen with large piece of glass partition help to extend the space visually and allow daylight pen... More

Project execution of a 110 sqm apartment in the center of Albano Laziale (Roma).The starting point of the project was to eliminate the original walls of the apartment to increase light and to combine together the Kitchen, Laundry, and Bathrooms in a center module away from the sleeping area to maximize the space.The furnishings elements is focused on a vintage & contemporary mix that brings to life and vibrates in the brightness of new spaces thanks to the collaboration of “Oh My Lab” showroom. More

Towards the end of a park of an old villa above Lake Starnberg, the design of Villa von Osee is a modern yet harmonious counterpoint. A tailor-made home for a family with two sons and not to forget their dog.On the rather narrow and elongated hillside property, architect Anna Philipp designed a building in the form of two L-angles set against each other to create two attractive but functionally very different exterior spaces.On the one hand, an entrance courtyard is created which, with its wooden slats set on a shadow joint, provides protection from glimpses and at the same time gives all visitors a friendly welcome via the warm wooden surfaces. The water-bound entrance courtyard with a central tree forms a beautiful transition via its mate... More

Casa P is the remodeling project of a 4,000 sq ft. single family residence located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The project involved the design of the living and dining room areas and its facades as well as the outdoor terrace and pool, to be built in the coming months, and its interior architecture. Within a restrained budget of approximately 70 dollars per square foot of construction, minimum interventions were allowed throughout the rest of the façades where openings were reconfigured and horizontal screens were introduced. The plan of the residence was left intact, only elevation and sectional interventions were allowed.In order to provide privacy to the residence on the south facade and not lose contact with nature, the front of the... More

The compact and opaque typology of the buildings of the original house did not take advantage of the landscaping quality offered by the immediate proximity of a public park. To meet the need for expansion, the agency recommended that the house be renovated by occupying the night area, giving it more intimate spaces, and designing a contrasting extension, by means of a very open volume for the day spaces.          The installation of a narrow extension has been designed to occupy all the exterior. This layout generates a clearer reading and identifies spaces, such as the new entrance to the north, or the pool to the south.With reference to the Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der Rohe, the t... More

The office project of Minimal Studio, is located in the coastal area of ​​Puerto de Alcudia, a privileged location where the breath of the sea is appreciated. Due to the limitations caused by a very contained interior surface, maximum light has been sought by large frontal and perimeter windows, giving the room an immense sense of spaciousness, creating a projection of the interior to the exterior, and vice versa, using the landscape as a natural canvas that gives us this geographical enclave. The space has been designed through the combination of pure materials, in which the imperfections of its execution and manual work are appreciated, in addition to the passage of time. Searching for a line of general aging in totality of all... More

Interior design project for a rural house in the Venetian countryside, built in the ealy 1900s and restored in the early 2000s. The project, designed for the fuctional needs and aestheric tastes of the client, enhances the recycled materials used in the restoration, as the oak beams and the original structural walls in stone and brick, with the use of simple and elegant materials and shades, applied to pure geometric shapes. More

The 2nd Street Loft is situated on the fourth floor of an historic, six-story reinforced concrete building, originally built in 1926 to serve as a B.F. Goodrich tire warehouse. After Prohibition, the building was pur-chased by Seagram's Distillery and used as a warehouse and office space. The building was later occupied by a lithography company that operated out of the building until 1995, after which it was redeveloped and converted to residential use.The current owners of the 2nd Street Loft were attracted to the building’s warehouse vibe, and its rich in-dustrial history. They saw the potential of the 1765-square-foot space, despite the previous floor plan which had introduced angles into the narrow 20-foot-wide by 80-foot-long floor pla... More

The subject of the intervention: an outdated apartment in the early ‘90s, in Ajuda neighbourhood. The goal: to transform the current space in an updated and functional dwelling, taking advantage of a privileged view of Monsanto and the Tagus river. The kitchen, bathrooms, hall and office spaces were the ones that suffered a more profound intervention. The ideas of organization, clean spaces, functionality, ergonomics, and comfort were always present in the choice of materials and redesign of the spaces. There were significant improvements in terms of acoustic and thermal comfort, with the replacement of all window frames and shading system. The colour white was widely used throughout the apartment and both the natural and artificial lights... More

We designed the interior design and the landscape of the reception hall located in the Taipei city, where the north and south are surrounded by an open environment, in the reception hall. This floor is made up of exhibition space, bar space and terrace in the center of business negotiation space. In this plan "Soft scape" is the design theme. By placing partitions and furniture having soft curves in each space, we aimed at a space where individual privacy can be secured while maintaining a soft and bright indoor image. More