L47
The apartment is situated in an existing 70's high-rise building in Berlin Mitte. The reinforced concrete construction allows avoiding load bearing interior walls while offering wide spans. Prior to the alterations it had a dark corridor and a seperate kitchen as it was very common in that decade.
Two loggias run over the entire length of the outer walls orientated to the southwest and north. The basic idea is to implement an L-shaped floorplan into the existing structure, dealing with the peculiarities of the apartment and express the programatic of its spatial orientation and loggias.
The L is formed by the public rooms of the apartment with the private rooms laterally attached. The large L-shaped communal area is created by connecting the former kitchen, corridor and centre bedroom by removing the existing partition walls. This communal central space is based upon the model of the Scandinavian floor plan.
The kitchen is located in the center of the L, where it marks the two lines of sight. One towards the north of the apartment to Berlin- Mitte, the historic center of the city, and one towards the southwest to Friedrichstadt and Grunewald. The horizontality and openness of the apartment is emphazised in materiality by a homogeneous grey beige linoleum flooring in all rooms.
Smooth plastered white walls and exposed concrete beams emphasize the construction of the building and make its structure visible. Large sliding / folding doors connect the more private rooms with the central common spaces and gives the opportunity to open them up and expand the collective space.
