Apartment on the 3rd floor of an apartment building from the 60s, situated in the center with a nice view of the city's landmarks: the water tower, the amphitheater and the Jesuit mansion. Light orientation N-S,
I know the apartment well, as my parents live in this house. Construction of the apartment building: reinforced concrete frame and brick infill masonry, the apartment has an interesting layout: it is integrated between mirror-identical 3-room apartments. The reconstruction took place gradually, partly by self-help and in stages, the most surprising were the "reincarnated" geometric paintings. The concept for the renovation of the apartment was to use and economize what is usable on site and match the original materials to the new interior.
The problem of the apartment was that there were too many doors in the small space of the corridor, a small bathroom, a long corridor, so all the partitions gradually collapsed and the main walls were exposed.
After demolition, views were designed for all walls (see on the next pages). The entire space is unified in the background color, which forms a passe-partout to the original colored paintings, goes around each wall geometrically and unifies the open space. An expressive and functional element of the apartment is the ceiling network of gutters, where all electrical wiring is conducted and anchored some interior elements and lamps. The old floor plan can be read in the material of the floors, the original terrazzo was preserved in the corridor, the parquet from the living room was dismantled and re-laid in the bedroom (original kitchen), where a fragment of the stove lining remained. The entire space of the apartment is designed to touch the material, the surface of the walls is washable, the floors are connected to each other without thresholds. The central point of the space is the new bathroom, which divides the apartment into a sleeping area and a living area. In the kitchen there is a mobile counter which, after connecting to the electricity, becomes part of the kitchen, or it is a place to sit, an apartment for a young couple who likes to work from home.