Architect couple Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer arranged a compact apartment in the center of Rotterdam on an area of only 6,89 square meters.
About this said in the material of The New York Times.
The project is a joint work of the studios STAR strategies + architecture, founded Beatriz Ramo and BOARD Bureau of Architecture Research and Design, established By Bernd Upmeyer.
The apartment is located on the top floor of a residential modernist building of the 1950s. The architects named their project «Cabanon» in honor of the miniature house of the same name, created by the French architect Le Corbusier in France.
The design of the apartment with an area of only 6,89 sq.m. Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
«Cabanon» is a fully equipped apartment designed for a couple. It consists of four spaces, different in materials, color and height: an ocher living room 3 meters high, a green bedroom 1,14 meters high with lots of hidden shelves, a sky blue toilet with a tropical shower and a spa decorated with black marble, which has a hydromassage a bath
The design of the apartment with an area of only 6,89 sq.m. Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
In the living room, one of the walls is divided into 12 different «cubes», which reveal their contents like the flaps of an advent calendar. A folding table, a small sink, a refrigerator, a bookshelf, etc. are hidden here.
The design of the apartment with an area of only 6,89 sq.m. Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
The apartment does not have a separate kitchen, but according to the authors of the project, there is no need for this, as there are plenty of restaurants near the house.
The design of the apartment with an area of only 6,89 sq.m. Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
The couple says that these small «rooms» with their elegant decoration do not create the feeling that the walls are closing in, but paradoxically create the feeling of a larger space.
The design of the apartment with an area of only 6,89 sq.m. Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
In total, the project cost the architects $23, not including the time spent on developing drawings for it.
