The Folded Apartment / MoreDesignOffice
The Folded Apartment: How to make 50 sqm feel bigger than it is"Finding an affordable apartment in the centre of any city is very difficult. Usually compromises need to be made and in this case we bought an apartment with poor daylight, but a great location and a plan we could reconfigure.We wanted two key things from the apartment ? a sense of space, of openness, and on the other hand, privacy.  In a small apartment these two requirements are usually at odds.
© Raphael Olivier
Architects: MoreDesignOffice · Office Profile
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Area: 50.0 sqm
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Raphael Olivier · Photographer Profile
From the architect. The Folded Apartment: How to make 50 sqm feel bigger than it is"
Finding an affordable apartment in the centre of any city is very difficult. Usually compromises need to be made and in this case we bought an apartment with poor daylight, but a great location and a plan we could reconfigure.
We wanted two key things from the apartment ? a sense of space, of openness, and on the other hand, privacy.  In a small apartment these two requirements are usually at odds.
Isometric
We achieved them by organizing the functions from public to private and then folding them around a central spine wall.  The spaces are kept deliberately open but priv...
© Raphael Olivier
Architects: MoreDesignOffice · Office Profile
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Area: 50.0 sqm
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Raphael Olivier · Photographer Profile
From the architect. The Folded Apartment: How to make 50 sqm feel bigger than it is"
Finding an affordable apartment in the centre of any city is very difficult. Usually compromises need to be made and in this case we bought an apartment with poor daylight, but a great location and a plan we could reconfigure.
We wanted two key things from the apartment ? a sense of space, of openness, and on the other hand, privacy.  In a small apartment these two requirements are usually at odds.
Isometric
We achieved them by organizing the functions from public to private and then folding them around a central spine wall.  The spaces are kept deliberately open but priv...
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