This unique urban apartment has a provocative industrial aesthetic, with exposed concrete beams and columns throughout its interior. These original structural elements were deemed to be far more interesting and engaging than the 90’s fit out contained within, and our redesign focussed on enhancing their prominence.
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Work began by stripping the old apartment back to its basic shell and exposing the dramatic geometry of the concrete beams. A number of spaces were then "inserted" including a TV room, 2 bedrooms, separate family and guest bathrooms, a utility room and an adaptable guest bedroom. By stopping the new partitions short of the undersides of the beams, we expressed these inserts as something added to the space, secondary to the primary structure.