Micro-apartment puzzle 25 m2 in Glasgow

In this apartment, you will not immediately understand its real dimensions and proportions. Architect Lee Yvette, designer Simon Harlow and the owner of the house Duncan Blackmore have created a bright, colorful space in which there is not a single free-standing piece of furniture and not a single rectangular door

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The owner of this unusual apartment, Duncan Blackmore, often visits this area on business and wanted to arrange a place for himself where he can relax or hold meetings with clients. When he bought the apartment, it consisted of a cramped hallway, a tiny shower room, a kitchen and a sleeping area separated by partitions. Then he invited architect Lee Ivett and designer Simon Harlow to redevelop and increase the usable area due to the height of the ceilings.

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"I wanted to be able to walk around the apartment normally, despite its tiny size. And so that the prostration would be multifunctional, not limited to just a zone for sleeping or for communication," says the owner.

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To begin with, the designers got rid of internal partitions and doors and increased the height of the openings to make geometric volumes that work with the optics of space. Circles cut into the walls, high arches and semi—arches, the play of perspectives - all this creates unusual optical illusions and a sense of the apartment's versatility, visually expanding its size. Getting inside, you don't immediately understand where you are — it's like inside Escher's paintings.

From the entrance begins an open space with a bench for sitting, relaxing or sleeping. Next to one of the large windows facing south and filling the room with sunlight, a wide window sill is made, which performs the function of a desk.

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New volumes and partitions are built around the preserved structure and cleverly disguise old walls, columns or beams that have retained their functionality. "Lee came up with the shapes based on the connection between the existing openings and the new geometry that we imposed on the apartment space," says Duncan about the project.

According to the architect, "where it was necessary to eliminate the difference in height or gaps between some elements, arches bends or steps turned out. So the architecture and the play of forms were formed due to the peculiarities of the room itself and the need to solve these problems."

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The bedroom is located on the mezzanine level, and a small shower room was placed under it. This vertical division helped to smooth out the effect of the well, not allowing the room to seem disproportionately high.

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In the shapes of the arches and the choice of colors, the architect used the architectural heritage of the surrounding area. The remains of the burned-down neighboring building suggested an arched shape above the stairs leading to the mezzanine, as well as an arch-an opening through which daylight penetrates into the shower. And the bright yellow color passing through the whole apartment with a "yellow thread" is borrowed from the shade of the walls on the common landing of this house.

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"The main space can be used for any purpose. It is not cluttered with furniture or decor, there is almost nothing in it. You can use it for meetings, parties or just as a place to relax. I like that it turned out to be versatile and not boring. I wanted to avoid typical bachelor housing with a sofa, coffee table and TV. And it seems to have succeeded," Duncan laughs.

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