Renovation of 1960s Apartment / Studio Jakob Sellaoui

What potential arises from the pragmatism of such row-typologies? The precept of a central sanitary infrastructure is sustained and concieved as a brand new plywood -clad field. A „spatial cross” is shaped by the intersection of the exsisting load-bearing central wall and the brand new field working like a thick wall. This creates 4 rooms of roughly the identical dimension, which provide the chance for altering actions. Massive sliding doorways can be utilized to create totally different eventualities. The interior partitions don’t contact the perimeter wall – this ends in a round walkway – permitting for the potential of “residing in a circle”.

The behaviour of the brand new components repond to the exsisting situation. The present free-standing chimney-wall was transformed right into a wardrobe. The diagonally mirrored floor above it conceals the waste water pipe of the house above. The kitchen unit squeezes by a niche and turns into a desk. The central sanitary room has a clerestory window that additionally makes the conflict with the present lintel seen. The supplies mirror the scarce angle of the present constructing. How a lot do we have to dwell nicely?