housing - small-apt
In a large space as the living room is, we tried to create different areas depending of the different uses, but not completely closing them. Following the beams orientation on the ceiling, we choose to play with the floor height to make horizontal differentiations, and vertical filters to increase intimacy of some areas.
The wall in front of the bedroom defines an “entry area”, with utilities that welcome you when you come back home (putting umbrellas, shoes, keys, raincoat etc), and it's a filter between the living room and the bedroom. With another perpendicular wall, they create a sort of “additional room” that we imagine as a multifunctional area: studio, fitness space... also an additional bedroom for your guests!
Some geometrical holes in those walls permit to the sunlight and to the view to go beyond them, increasing the comfort and the use of the space and of the walls too.
The relax area is highlighted by raising the floor and by different colours of walls and ceiling, dividing the entry area by the kitchen/dining area.
We put the storage room close to the bathroom in the living room, so you can use the existing pipes to install the washing machine. Also, destroying a little of the inner wall and changing the washbasin, your bathroom will be nicer and more comfortable.
We offer you two solution for your bedroom and bathroom, depending of what is most important for you:
- in the first solution we create a walk-in closet behind the bed, and a big shower in the bathroom;
- in the second solution, we played again with the height of the floor, which becomes a bed headboard and a platform for the closet and the bathroom. This allows us also to install a tub at floor level!
Enjoy it!