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A Minimalist That Breathes
This apartment is long. Unusually long. It stretches from a street-facing window at one end to a green backyard at the other, with a dark, narrow center in between. The architecture echoes Berlin’s early-20th-century buildings—but in a new build, and with a very different intent.
The brief was deceptively simple:
“Make it feel open. Make it feel light. Don’t add anything you don’t need.”
So that’s what I did.
By subtracting.
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Core Concept: Subtraction as Architecture
With windows only at the two ends, the challenge was to let light travel across the full depth. That meant every wall, block, and surface had to either pass light or disappear into the architecture.
So I broke the plan into three sculptural blocks:
1. Entrance Block — contains wardrobe, guest toilet, and partial kitchen wall
2. Island Block — a freestanding kitchen element, floating in space
3. Rear Block — a private zone with master bath, bedroom, and guest room, hidden behind pivoting panels
None of these blocks touch the external walls. Light slides past them. Space flows around them. Privacy is controlled by opening or closing hidden doors—extending or compressing the apartment like a living mechanism.
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Design Tactics
• Spatial Subtraction: Functions pulled off the walls to create uninterrupted light corridors
• Integrated Architecture: All handles, storage, and detailing built into walls—no visual noise
• Monochrome Material System: White rough plaster walls, concrete ceilings, natural oak parquet
• Lighting Minimalism: Hidden fixtures in concrete ceiling, no visible lamps or fittings
• Marble Accent: A single moment of color in the bathroom—patterned marble with deep burgundy
This is a space that doesn’t ask for furniture to define it. It defines itself.
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Feeling: Architecture Without Drama
The apartment is quiet. Not just acoustically—but emotionally.
There’s no ego here. No centerpieces. No Instagram moments. The architecture creates clarity and openness, not attention. Every decision was made to serve use—not spectacle.
“It’s not furnished. It’s defined.
The space tells you what belongs—without needing to say it.”
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PHOTOS - TOMASZ BUDNICKI