Refurbishment of An Apartment from the 50s, The modernized flat with the area of 55 square meters located in the low-rise buildings from the ’50s is a result of joining together two premises. As a result of this action, the new space of the flat is both quite long and shallow, accompanied by six windows evenly exposing the rooms to the sunlight.
© Danil Daneliuk
The character of the enlarged space is defined by the multifunctional „wall-furniture” dividing the surfaces into particular functions: a living room, a kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom, and an entry area.
© Danil Daneliuk
The wall also holds in itself a door to individual rooms (sliding door to the bedroom and traditionally opened, high to the very ceiling, to the bathroom) as well as many different niches functioning as wardrobes.
© Danil Daneliuk
The existing wooden plank flooring was supplemented and after polishing oiled. However, in the kitchen and the bathroom, where there was no original wood, a new floor was made from granite tiles. The sliding bedroom door allows to manage intimacy and comfort.
Project Info
Architects: Atelier Starzak Strebicki
Country: Poland, Poznań
Area: 55 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Danil Daneliuk
Manufacturers Hansgrohe, Duravit, Adobe, DLH, Franke, Nemetschek, TECE, Trimble: Hansgrohe
Design Team: Jola Starzak, Dawid Strębicki, Luis Gómez Soriano, Mūge Evren, Cristina Rodriguez, Jozef Sklenka, Olga Zelenska
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