This apartment in Melbourne Australia was renovated to maximise access of natural light whilst opening up the circulation between spaces to create multiple openings and routes between each compartment, increasing the flexibility of each room.

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Architects: BoardGrove Architects

Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia

Area: 95.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Haydn Cattach

Metalwork: Ivanoff Design Consultants

Corian Joinery: Individual Design

© Haydn Cattach

From the architect. This apartment in Melbourne Australia was renovated to maximise access of natural light whilst opening up the circulation between spaces to create multiple openings and routes between each compartment, increasing the flexibility of each room.
Existing Floor Plan

Renovated Floor Plan

As the living, dining and cooking spaces were open plan the design aimed to avoid having a stereotype functional kitchen as the backdrop to the living space. Instead the aim was to create a more ambiguous cooking area that appeared as a collection of art like objects, with the functional cooking equipment concealed within the sculptural elements.

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Three objects were developed, a solid corian bench, a large metal arched door, raised off the floor and placed flat against the wall and a co...