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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Apartment in Korydallos, Greece by Plaini and Karahalios Architects

 
June 29th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Plaini and Karahalios Architects

Threshold as an Everyday Experience

The project is the transformation of a 1980’s apartment to an optimum living space for a family of four. A public family area and three private rooms had to be accommodated in 80m2.

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

  • Architects: Plaini and Karahalios Architects
  • Project: Apartment in Korydallos
  • Location: Korydallos, Athens, Greece
  • Photography: Nikos Papageorgiou
  • Size: 80m2
  • Year: 2017

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

The arrangement of the apartment was reshuffled. The scheme became a sequence of spaces interlocking to each other, a travelling through subspaces. Every subspace is a threshold to the adjacent areas. The use of color and different materials on all surfaces outline the distinct boundaries.

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

The public area comprises of the following places: the pink entrance hall, the white living room, the birch dining area and the blue kitchen. The latter serves as a transition to the private areas. The bedrooms are organized alongside the corridor and they enclose the black box, a structure that contains the bathroom and the closets.

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

The heart of the apartment is the dining area. Birch wood panels cover the walls, the floor and the ceiling. By lowering the height, the threshold condition is accentuated. The area functions as a fragment of intensity and pause. From that place of gathering and co-existence, the sequential condition of the apartment becomes an everyday experience for the family.

Image Courtesy © Nikos Papageorgiou

Image Courtesy © Plaini and Karahalios Architects

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Categories: Apartments, Interiors, Residential, space




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