Corner Flat
Programme: residential renovation
Location: London SW9
Area: 70sqm
Client: private
Status: completed
This first floor flat in Brixton is set within a quirky 1980s three story block of flats. The building is characterised by contrasting white render and black window frames, with a nod to a post-modernist interpretation for Bauhaus and the De Stijl movement. Each flat has a private internal stair leading from the external access up to the living space.
Arranged along two converging lines, the layout opens up south where living room and kitchen are located. A full refurbishment of the apartment was required, including new kitchen, new bathroom, new flooring throughout, new fittings and movable furniture.
A partition dividing kitchen and living room was removed to provide a more open environment that would benefit from windows facing both south-east and south-west.
The new kitchen is arranged in a U shape layout to maximise the use of available space within the existing room. The kitchen units are clad in white-washed birch ply cabinet doors and the splash is clad in light mint green squared tiles and terracotta red grout. The colours and finishes were chosen to compliment the style of the building and simultaneously achieve a brighter environment. The same mint green is used for the kitchen counter, whereas the floor is finished in darker tone green hexagonal tiles.
The Bathroom is finished in white and grey rectangular metro tiles in a vertical stacked pattern with a clear continuous horizontal split between the two colours. Black tapware and accessories stand out in contrast with the colours of the walls.
Additional storage space was created to complement the existing storage already at capacity. A built-in wardrobe with sliding panels was added in the bedroom and shelves to store shoes were created on top of the existing stair treads.
Strong yellow and pink colours were chosen for the entrance and stairs, whereas a softer pink was chosen for the bedroom.
ALmost Architecture
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