BCDF Studio.
«It was my main house, a purchase, a first investment,» confesses the young architect Marco Vieira about This small house with a single plant minimalist design at the garden level. «I did the work to four hands in what cannot be described in any other way that a DIY project, a great media economy and a good opportunity to face the realization after design.» In retrospect, one can see the magnitude of the task between hands: combine a shed and a garage in a single floor with few openings – glass brush and a main door – a north exhibition, the shadows projected by the surrounding buildings … and take into account only what can do the human hand, since the work would be carried out by two people, and the only access for tools and materials would be a work door broad.
In addition, the limitation of housing two rooms composed of a kitchen, a full bathroom and an independent bedroom in 27 square meters seems almost impossible. The architect has worked the space trying to separate without closing. This is the direction of the unevenness that has been preserved between the room and the kitchen, or of the closet-arted block created to separate the bedroom from the room, but that does not reach the roof. As for the openings, Marco Vieira placed the windows in the upper part of the bedroom, the bathroom and the kitchen, which allows to see without being seen and, in the case of the kitchen, also fulfill the necessary technical ventilation function.
BCDF Studio.
This small department guy loft In Paris it is a dream come true. The owners fell in love with an old clothing workshop and their atypical dimensions. However, after a year living there, they realized that space needed a deep renewal to adapt to their life in a more functional way.
The designer and architect Isabelle Heilmann, founder of the Epicène study, has been in charge of the renewal of this workshop to meet the new needs and redesign the environments, adapt to remote work, but maintaining the unique essence of the place; In this way, this Small apartment became a loft Bohemio full of light.
The different levels and rooms have been reconfigured, playing with the unevenness and creating different separate rooms with glazing to connect them and improve lighting in general. The office and bedroom separate from the dining room, retaining the upper height and breaking the wall to create an independent cube but at the same time inserted in the main hall itself. The bedroom has an interior window that lets the light in and gives the room a special charm. All in this Small apartment It is perfectly illuminated and gives a sense of breadth.