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For a young family with a newborn baby we were challenged to re-arrange an existing apartment making room for the new member of the family, Cosmo.

The young clients had a very tight budget but an open mind, so they were open to add a playful character with simple materials, using coloured joints and painted walls. The apartment building from the 1970’s had concrete floors and ceilings, and a rather big fixed shaft in the middle, but with large windows in both exterior walls.

We proposed a platform to elevate the new sleeping alcove and bathroom, so that all new pipes could run underneath without having to break open the concrete floors. The series of spaces were connected with sliding doors, with a bathroom in the middle, That way, both bedrooms were en suite.

The kitchen was opened up with an island facing the living room and the balcony, so it’s possible to cook looking at the neighbouding park. In the tall cabinets we created a niche to give the new barista coffee machine the place it deserved. New installations had to be placed over the walls and ceilings, so to save costs we chose a solution with exposed cables in contrasting colours.