The design studio Space is Around Us has reimagined a compact apartment in Pangrati, Athens. Designed in 2024, the Kyano apartment now boasts a flexible, open layout, contrasting its original 1960s setup. The space now maximizes functionality, using blue as a unifying theme, inspired by its name, which means “blue” in Greek.

Design studio Space is Around Us has renovated a compact apartment in Pangrati, Athens, reimagining its space using bold colors and flexible layouts.
Built in the 1960s, the now 50-square-meter Kyano apartment featured a series of disconnected, traditionally defined small rooms, accompanied by a 20-square-meter balcony.
Space is Around Us reexamined the space’s division, creating an open layout that maximizes capacity and facilitates social interactions, while maintaining a distinct color scheme that gives the project its name, Kyano, which means “blue” in Greek.
“Change of the position of the entrance has been suggested, creating a ‘threshold’ that welcomes the users and invites them to discover the rest of the space but still does not thoroughly reveal it,” said the studio.
The original layout, which featured a large storage room adjacent to the entrance area, was altered to suit modern living requirements. The kitchen and dining area were moved to the entry space, establishing them as the organizational core of the apartment.

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