Interiors @ 70ARealized

Interior @ 70A

Our clients’ brief was simple. They want more storage space without a sense of clutter or claustrophobic, they don’t want to knock down the walls of the bedrooms and they have an incredible view they want to enjoy.

This apartment interior is conceived as an open plan of communal spaces clearly separated from the private bedrooms. The kitchen walls were hacked down to create a bright and airy kitchen. A low L-shaped wall subtly defines the kitchen and marks it with two entrances. This allows for one to enter the kitchen when the other is raiding the fridge. The dining area acts as an extension to the kitchen. The dining table is positioned on the exterior of the low wall. In the mornings, the couple enjoy their coffee with the view of lush greenery.

The living and dining area is designed as one contiguous feature space. Long linear ceiling lights help accentuate the modest 4.8m long living space. Here, we inserted a wall to wall storage unit that is designed to be suspended off the floor and detached from the slab soffit ceiling. This suspension of volume gives a sense of weightlessness to the space. The voids further enhance the living space. Above this storage unit, we use soft indirect lighting to create an ambient mood. Below the cabinets, the couple may tuck away their collection of extra stools for when guests visit. Mirrors doubling as door panels help create a larger sense of space, reflecting the open kitchen and corridor. The suspended volume stores everything from shoes, to bags, and incorporates the television console as well. The television console was especially designed to adapt to the users position, either from the comforts of the sofa or to allow for the television to be extended out perpendicularly to face the dining table.

As one moves from living space to corridor, the eye is inexplicably drawn to the floor skirting and door frames that are treated in a matte black finish. It defines the edges of architectural elements of floor, walls, and doors, creating an elegant contrast of black and soft shades of white. The frames clearly distinguish the thresholds between communal spaces, private bathrooms, and bedrooms.