The two parts can be connected by opening a tilting window which can then be used to place food and drinks. The dining/meeting table can be extended for three more seats by attaching an additional piece that is usually hung on the wall, as a bas-relief which can be used also as a coat hanger. When the room is used for meetings, the foldable cover of the kitchen can be rapidly closed, hiding domestic interferences of greased pans or empty cans. The entrance-dining/meeting room is wrapped with panels of pine wood that host two wardrobes. Light is diffused on the ceiling from the top of timber panels, and a neutral light-grey wall as a background make the table fit for remote meeting, in a uniform and silent environment, because the kitchen cuts off the noise from the city when the glass partition is closed. The paneling continues also on the main entrance door in order to ensure acoustic insulation from the condo stairs.

The pieces of furniture are conceived as small-scale architectures, with elements such as roofs, windows, doors. All the roofs of the closets have a slope to facilitate cleaning. The guiding idea here is to create a flexible apartment that demands the least time possible for cleaning; therefore, surfaces are all smooth.

Taking an elements-of-architecture approach, the corridor has been treated to emphasize as much as possible the intrinsic features of this element: perspective, array of doors, dropped ceiling. The decoration of the hall ceiling and the floor fo the entrance and of the corridor were pre-existing.

The bathroom-pantry area of the main room is partitioned with polycarbonate panels, to create ambiguity between what is ‘interior design’ and what is ‘architecture’: the partitions are designed to look as mini-facades of an indoor architectural setting.

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