04 APARTMENT
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
COMPLETED 2022
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT | TRANSFORMATION | INTERIOR DESIGN
Major end-to-end revitalization and transformation project of a residential apartment in a preservation-worthy property in the old town of Copenhagen. The property had been functioning as a hotel until the early 1990s by when all hotel rooms were converted into residential apartments.
As the conversion into a residential apartment had been done completely without thinking about the spatial design, our first action was tearing everything down and start from afresh. This allowed us to optimize the floor plan and thus realize the full potential of the apartment.
The apartment itself comprised several historical details including carved wooden panels covering the entire wall facing the street and stucco ceilings in every room that were important for us to revitalize. To restore the wooden floors, we black stained the floor in all rooms, which created a hard contrast to the white wooden wall panels. To balance this contrast and to further highlight the wooden panel-covered window sections and the view to Copenhagen’s city hall, we toned down the walls by using a warm grey color. To keep the expenses down and maintain a balance between old and new, we up-cycled many elements by e.g. applying wooden panels on all newer doors from the conversion.
The existing kitchen was very tiny and not at all practical. Through the creation of an open kitchen and dining room area, we were able to install a 3x larger kitchen in a matte black finish with stainless steel handles to complement the interplay of colors. The dining area was completed with black wooden chairs and a round Jura Graublau table.
For the bathroom, we wanted to create a sense of warmth and soft elegance by using Italian tiles with a natural stone look on the floor and shower walls combined with a smooth beige color for all other walls and the ceiling. All installations are in matte black to provide a subtle edge to the lighter overall tones. The shower area was separated by a custom made dark-toned glass wall in a black iron frame.
Adjacent to the bedroom was a smaller storage room, which was transformed into a walk-in closet by creating a set of stairs allowing you to step down into it.
KEY SERVICES:
Spatial Design / Architecture
Revitalization / Transformation
Interior Design
Project Management
Sourcing & Purchasing Services
SPATIAL DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE
UPDATED FLOOR PLAN
After tearing down three non-load bearing walls, the kitchen and the bathroom, we were able to design a new spatial design almost completely from scratch.
First of all, the large entrance was poorly utilized and took up too much space. We decided to extend the wall between the bathroom and kitchen into the entrance area thus including a large share of it in what then became a much larger kitchen and dining area, while keeping the entrance area separate.
It was important for the client to have a separate living room with office space and we therefore established a wall to separate the two rooms and re-used the old double-door to keep an open connection between the two areas.
What used to be a useless storage room in connection to the bedroom was transformed into a walk-in closet with a storage solution from floor to ceiling.
Finally, the bathroom was re-built completely from scratch with new water supply and drainage solutions as well as insertion of a washing machine placed underneath the kitchen countertop in an otherwise useless storage corner but with access through a hole in the wall from the bathroom.
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