One of the first things that pleasantly surprised us and foreshadowed the positive outcome of the renovation was that the client approached us at stage zero of the project, during the selection and purchase of the apartment. The clients presented us with their ideas about their new housing and presented us with three flats of their choice, of which after the viewings we recommended the flat on 1.mája Street, which had the greatest potential for fulfilling their ideas about their future housing.
The apartment is located in a 1970's point apartment building on the edge of a development of detached houses with unobstructed views over the rooftops of the houses to the Little Carpathian Mountains.

The original layout was characterised by a separate kitchen with a niche and a separate food pantry. This layout was not suitable for clients. The demolition work focused on removing the original bathroom, opening up the space between the original bedroom and living room, and adding a cellar which was accessible from the common corridor of the apartment building to the apartment by creating a new doorway.
In the design, we start from the original materiality of the apartment, which we uncover, and continue working with it. In the space we show the structure of the apartment, the materiality of the walls, which are complemented by terrazzo and wood parquet floors. The aim of the design was to create as much space as possible for the day zone, while maximizing the privacy of the apartment's inhabitants in the individual rooms.
The main focal point of the concept is the axis leading from the entrance through the corridor to the large central round table, which both connects and divides the kitchen and living area zones.
We only entered the hallway through carpentry elements in the form of cabinets with storage, which also separate the night zone without inserting partitions.
The materials are a simple combination of oak veneer and white paint in the form of sprayed woodwork complemented by metal elements.