Located in Tel Aviv, Israel, this contemporary 1,044 sq ft apartment was designed in 2017 by XS Studio for compact design.

Description by XS Studio
This apartment is located in a building allocated for conservation in Tel Aviv, and is home to a talented pianist who loves to entertain friends and host music nights in his home. The challenge was to create a flexible space, suitable for entertaining, that lends itself to a variety of hospitality scenarios and collaborative musical activities.
When we first saw the floor-plan, we were taken aback by the lack of flexibility in the flat, stemming from the shelter room (Obligatory in Israel), impossibly located in the center of the flat. After a few attempts, we found potential in the apartment, through the creation of an organizing cube: Peripheral furniture which boxes up the functions of kitchen, media, electricity, storage and a hidden door, leading to the private space of the house. From the kitchen’s side, the box contains a work area, refrigerator and high pantry cabinets. This side of the cube is hidden from public space, according to the demand of the tenant who asked for a kitchen separated from the hospitality area. In front of the cube’s kitchen part, a dining table/counter was designed. It allows a face to face meal or an added work surface by moving it on its axis.
In the bedroom, a strip window encircles the entire space which prevented us to build a partition wall, offering a c...