Exploring the potential of a small space feels like stepping into the attic of an abandoned mansion - with a tingling anticipation of finding hidden treasure. Fragments everywhere. Forgotten objects. Corners with lost purpose. Hidden alcoves.
Nothing is obvious. And that is the intrigue.
A 22m2 room dating from the 80’s, forlorn, obviously considered hopelessly ugly and uncomfortable, is kicked around from one agent to another.
A corner that is a scalene triangle. A corridor that just ends in a sad cul-de-sac, downlights in the bedroom ceiling looking like an airport runway.
The space cries out “Give us back our dignity, find in us the wow-factor no one would have imagined.”
A small space is a playground. A place where ideas stretch further than square meters ever could.
Every surface, each corner and every perspective can reveal a story that brings the space back to life, a theme, a vision. Not as a series of hard design choices, but as a spectrum, a musical composition.
TWO STORIES. ONE SPACE.
A spectrum of notes
THE COCOON
A private sanctuary. Soft light. Deep tones. Absorbing, sensual materials. Tranquillity. A refuge. Restoring.
THE ENTERTAINMENT GEM
Radiant. Layered sparkle. Reflection and refraction. Movement. Dining/Living choreography. A stage.
A beautifully designed small space feels like a well-kept secret. Everything is there—just never all at once.
With the precision of a pool player, we calculate how to bounce the view of the sea from the window, through a strategically placed mirror...
We can define the flow of night and day, of work and play, move a discordant door. Sophisticated lighting gestures transform the atmosphere. A striking piece of art evokes emotion. A seating group that invites the perfect evening with friends (or not) and yet…22m2…no hint of its second function as bedroom.
Time to choose a colour palette and layer textures, some contrasting, some reflective, others balancing harmony with boldness.
The ambiance changes - a lighting scenario that forms new hues and shadow play. Perspectives are altered as furniture is effortlessly transformed, music for the mood…It brings rhythm, confidence, a choreography for each moment
This is where the story emerges. The statement piece? That depends on you, and who you are, and how you wish to be seen. The backdrop has been provided - the stars are aligned…
Small spaces are not limitations;
They are invitations.
To imagine. To recompose. To live more deliberately.
To discover the infinite within the miniature.
Nothing is obvious. And that is the intrigue.
SEEING THE UNSEEN
an elegant transformation from day to night
The Poetics of Space
Gaston Bachelard
A Treatise on Time and Space
J.R. Lucas
The Mystery of the Ordinary
René Magritte
TAGS
Architecture, Interiors, Design Thinking