Furnishing a Small Flat

Refurbishing a small flat so that it feels spacious and precious calls for a good deal of architectural ingenuity. Before the conversion, a long, narrow corridor divided the flat into a south-facing wing with a large living room and a north-facing wing with three adjoining rooms. The three rooms to the north consisted of two bedrooms with the kitchen between them. At the end of the corridor, facing east, was the bathroom with a day WC. The arrangement of the kitchen to the north, the dining area situated in the living room and the small bathroom mixed the uses together and left no quiet places of retreat within the flat. In addition, the small city flat had hardly any storage space.

Period: 2005
Location: Vienna
Status: Completed
Type: Housing
Client: private client
Brief: General refurbishment of a flat in ViennaCompaniesJochen HaidacherLichtfabrik Halotech

Restructuring and Packing Away
The aim of the design is a clear separation of the functional units into a quiet sleeping area with its own sanitary rooms and a living area with an integrated kitchen, while creating as much concealed storage as possible. To this end, the long, narrow central corridor is extended to the east façade of the flat, the bathroom with day WC and anteroom is relocated to the space between the two existing bedrooms, and a kitchen that can be closed off from the living room is created in the area thus freed up.

Central Element
The central element of the conversion is the installation of a room-length, double-sided wardrobe and furniture element along the wall of the central corridor, whose uniform white surface creates a calm spatial unity. Deliberately positioned niches in dark, finely grained teak set accents. The piece houses the cloakroom as well as bookshelves and storage surfaces, and a spacious kitchen block at the end of the corridor that opens onto the living room through a large folding door. A lighting concept tailored specifically to the family’s needs and the spatial situations, flexibly switchable to create different living atmospheres, completes the interior design.

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