T Concept Apartment / Itay Friedman Architects
Transforming this apartment into a working/living space was the trigger for the renovation. The requirements where simple: Dividing the space into two self-sustaining units intertwined into one.
© Boaz Arad
Architects: Itay Friedman Architects
Location: Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Area: 65.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Boaz Arad
© Boaz Arad
From the architect. Transforming this apartment into a working/living space was the trigger for the renovation. The requirements where simple: Dividing the space into two self-sustaining units intertwined into one.
Floor Plans
As the division strategy took shape, the T concept was born, creating a constructed separation of plasterboard walls and carpentry to utilize every cubic meter, both for use and storage.
© Boaz Arad
© Boaz Arad
The strategy was to create a division wall that acts as both an axis element and a functional storage space. The division created one dilemma, which would enforce a feeling of a smaller living space. To deal with this, the white color was chosen as a predominant feature to give the space a cleaner, lighter effect.
Diagram
The client wanted to retain the Altbau (Old building) feeling, of the former workers dwellings, within the typical Berlin "style", allowing us to reinstall old...
© Boaz Arad
Architects: Itay Friedman Architects
Location: Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Area: 65.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Boaz Arad
© Boaz Arad
From the architect. Transforming this apartment into a working/living space was the trigger for the renovation. The requirements where simple: Dividing the space into two self-sustaining units intertwined into one.
Floor Plans
As the division strategy took shape, the T concept was born, creating a constructed separation of plasterboard walls and carpentry to utilize every cubic meter, both for use and storage.
© Boaz Arad
© Boaz Arad
The strategy was to create a division wall that acts as both an axis element and a functional storage space. The division created one dilemma, which would enforce a feeling of a smaller living space. To deal with this, the white color was chosen as a predominant feature to give the space a cleaner, lighter effect.
Diagram
The client wanted to retain the Altbau (Old building) feeling, of the former workers dwellings, within the typical Berlin "style", allowing us to reinstall old...
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