Architecture office DROO has added four apartments atop a London warehouse building, with flexible interiors designed to facilitate co-living, home-schooling or working from home.
The project involved slotting two glazed storeys behind the parapet of City Approach, a six-storey brick Edwardian warehouse building located in a conservation area in Islington.
The project adds two floors above an Edwardian warehouse building
Built in the midst of the pandemic, these two- and three-bedroom apartments are designed to be adaptable, to suit a range of different living situations.
They could be occupied by either families or co-living sharers. They can also allow for various activities to take place simultaneously, making it easier for occupants to work or study from home. Four apartments are designed to accommodate both home and work activities
"Due to the increasingly pervasive nature of technology, there is a major shift in many households towards hybrid work arrangements," said DROO co-founder Amrita Mahindroo.
"Most people are bringing work home and juggling a live/work lifestyle of some sort, no matter how well-suited their space."
Each home includes a dining area, a workspace and a dedicated meeting space
"We can't change the nature of the technologies, with notifications popping up left, right and centre, impacting our ability to to set boundaries around work life and home life," Mahindroo told Dezeen.
"We can however design spatially d...