Apartment R | Grau Architects

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Apartment R | Grau Architects

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  • Completion year: 2021
  • Gross Built up Area: 65 SQ M
  • Project Location: Bratislava
  • Country: Slovakia
  • Design Team: Andrej Olah, Filip Marčák, Janka Filipková, Matej Kurajda
  • Photo Credits: Matej Hakár
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Excerpt: Apartment R, designed by Grau Architects, is a home interior perceived as a scene with functional layers from the terrace. The whole apartment is a scene composed of objects in different layers, which change due to the all-day process of being in space. The designers divide these transverse layers with heavy curtains, which might also provoke views between the scenes of the apartment.

Project Description

[Text as submitted by architect] The original layout of the apartment was dark, as its depth and longitudinal division was unnecessarily extended. We decided to reverse this. Hence, we replaced the longitudinal division with a transverse one and zoned an open space into three functional parts.

Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Matej Hakár

The main living area was extended to the full width of the apartment towards the terrace. In the second zone, as we call it, a kitchen and a bedroom are situated and share the same terrace view through the living area. The hygiene and toilet remain in the original place and form a third zone which is the most distant from the natural light.

Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Grau Architects

We perceive the whole space from the terrace as a scene with functional layers. The first stage is the living area with a workspace. The second stage is the kitchen and bedroom, divided by a wardrobe; the last layer is the entrance area and hygiene. We divide these transverse layers with heavy curtains, which might also provoke views between the scenes of the apartment.

Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Matej Hakár
Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Matej Hakár

Each of these nooks and crannies has its specific spatial elements. We underline the kitchen with a colorful kitchen counter. The legs, composed of proto-shapes, resemble a historic dining table. We perceive this act as transforming the aesthetic table into a functional counter. In the bedroom, we highlight the space with a bed with a distinctive semicircular headboard and distinctive legs.

Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Matej Hakár
Apartment R | Grau Architects
© Matej Hakár

The whole apartment is a scene composed of objects in different layers, which change due to the all-day process of being in space. The apartment was designed for a young, creative couple of musician and cameraman who live partly in Prague and partly in Bratislava.

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