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Tetsuya Matsumoto
Tetsuya Matsumoto Head Architect at KTX archiLAB
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Jelle Sapulete
Jelle Sapulete Design Director at Adidas
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Judith Haase
Judith Haase Architect at Gonzalez Haase AAS
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Simona Franci
Simona Franci Principal and Design Director at Fortebis
Interesting solution for the natura...
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Florian Seidl
Florian Seidl Design Manager at Lavazza
Love the space with lots of natural...
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Julie Payette
Julie Payette Cofounder and Partner at v2com newswire
A beautiful and elegant project usi...
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P.C.Ee
P.C.Ee Editor & Creative Director at industry+
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Shannon Pringle
Shannon Pringle Interior Designer at Bernardon
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Matteo Renna
Matteo Renna Founder at matteorenna | studio
Great use of natural light and mate...
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Royce Epstein
Royce Epstein Design Director at Mohawk Group
Efficient and smart use of the floo...
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alberto caiola
alberto caiola Design Director at Alberto Caiola Studio
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Justin Bridgland
Justin Bridgland Founding Partner at More Design Office
I like the stair and how the warmth...
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In an 8 meters front and 16-meter depth lot, removed from a conventional apartment scheme, were only one apartment could have a private exterior space, we opted for two independent households similar to a townhouse. This left each house with a front of only 4 meters, which implicated a big challenge to solve the program but we managed to transform this challenge into a possibility to generate a unique space. Taking advantage of the east-west orientation of the plot, we opted for a series of stackable spaces, that will get light and ventilation from the street at the front, and from a private and contained patio on the back. This resulted in two houses with independence and privacy in all their spaces. With this solution, we achieved an absolute transparency leaving circulation as the element that connects the different levels. Structurally the project has three concrete walls and three slabs, the rest of the elements are not load bearing, they are wood. Responding to the structure, the concrete walls were left apparent and we closed the design with a series of window fixtures that would allow a totally open space. That is why we designed the patio window so it would make a parable that stacks completely with the wall, totally eliminating the limits within the interior and exterior. The program was organized leaving the garage and services on street level, on the lower floor the social area, fists level one bedroom and a studio and on the second level the main bedroom with a terrace.