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  • This apartment's built in the 1970s, there's 12 units in this apartment.

  • This unit is 35 meters square.

  • My inspiration is definitely to do with the limitation and the constraint this apartment has.

  • And so I wanted to see if I can fit a big house into a small apartment.

  • I actually kept the layout pretty much as it is, including the internal walls and the plumbings.

  • The design of the living space revolves around how to create a living and home office in the same space.

  • Spaces do need to appear and disappear when you need them to.

  • It even comes down to the furniture you pick needs to be flexible.

  • My lounge chair can converse from a lounging to an office chair.

  • And at night time that gets folds away and the TV reveals itself.

  • The dining space isn't something I use every day, and it's only special occasions when guests visit.

  • So you can slice out to form a very comfortable dining space for four to six people.

  • The kitchen is definitely the feature.

  • It's four meters long, so you've got three meters of clear bench space.

  • Everything is concealed.

  • A window is punched through between the bathroom and kitchen to borrow daylight from the bathroom area.

  • The glass between the bathroom and the kitchen is a privacy film, and it's activated just by a press of a button.

  • This apartment doesn't have any outdoor space.

  • I need to bring the sense of outdoor in here.

  • To achieve that I put a green wall on the bathroom.

  • The moss is real moss being preserved.

  • For me that's a backdrop for then to put real plants in front of it.

  • The shower, you're standing on the timber tiles and surrounded by green.

  • It kind of refreshes you.

  • One material used in the living is the mirror for the cabinet doors and stuff, including the skirting.

  • So that is used to give the illusion of extended bigger space.

  • Designing small space is a very tailored way of designing, so everything needs to be carefully considered.

  • You've got to know your lifestyle, so what's important for you.

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This apartment's built in the 1970s, there's 12 units in this apartment.

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