Transforming a minimal, industrial space into a home of playful details is a task made for one of our favourite Berlin-based design studios,
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The building, designed by Eike Becker Architects, is flooded with natural light that filters through glass feature walls, achieving a sense of refracted transparency. Sunlight is a design feature in itself, moving like angular spotlights through windows and across the whitewashed floors. This thoughtful use of light is seen throughout the open-plan layout. But it’s the interiors and furniture that really bring the outside in.
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Artwork includes unique graphics by Polish artist
Each of these contrasts confirms the unique philosophy of juxtaposition that the home articulates so well. In fact, it’s these contradicting elements that define so much of the home. Perhaps the best example is the open-plan living space, where a muted palette has been punctured with a phosphorescent green carpet from the 1960s. A clever way of heightening the greenery that can be spotted from almost every window, it’s a further addition to the way in which the home balances the organic and natural with the minimal and structured.
The charcoal and cloud grey tones that soften the interior make for a tactile reprieve from the reductive walls and raw concrete ceilings, while a plump, large lounge is a comforting addition to the living area. The home exudes elegance deceptive in its simplicity.
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