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Entwurf • Design Beef Architekti, SK-Bratislava
„Die Wohnung ist in klar definierte Zonen gegliedert,
die durch zwei mit Holz gefasste Wandöffnungen
miteinander verbunden sind und dem Innenraum
Dynamik und Leichtigkeit verleihen.“
Beef Architekti
Grundriss • Floor plan
Bauherr • Client privat
Standort • Location CH-Nidau
Nutzfläche • Floor space 114 m 2
Fotos • Photos Lenka Némethová
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 118
FAMILY FLAT
IN NIDAU
Discover the unconventional in the traditional – this is
achieved in the flat for a family of four that has been desi-
gned by Beef Architekti in Nidau, Switzerland. In line with
the clients’ wishes, the room layout remained classic, yet
numerous materials, details as well as artful touches
were used to create an open and individual living space
with a high recognition value.
T he brief for the team at Beef Architekti was to design a new home
for a family of three, with 114 square metres of space in a 1960s
block of flats, that would be suitable for everyday use, but also refres-
hingly unconventional and aesthetically contemporary. A compelling
example of how to reimagine spatial flow within the confines of a tradi-
tional layout. The original floor plan was retained for the realization of
the project. To break up the structure, visually create space and increase
the clarity of the spatial structure, two wood-framed wall openings were
designed that make different areas of use relate to each other in new
ways. When entering the flat, the view opens up through a circular wall
cut-out towards a seating area that, apart from visually enlarging the
hallway, also functions as an entrance piece of furniture and as part of
the dining area. The second wall opening resembles a portal that allows
access to the parents’ quarters as well as the bathroom and toilet. In
the centre of this opening, a natural stone washbasin has been set into
the opposite wall and highlighted with indirect light, so that it is not
only an effective and unconventional eye-catcher from the living-dining
area, but also from the hallway. However, the actual centrepiece and
communicative hub of the entire flat is the free-standing kitchen island,
which marks the beginning of the cooking area and leads to a concealed
utility room, the so-called “black kitchen” for practical household
needs. Numerous, usually floor-to-ceiling, built-in cupboards act as
space-forming elements and, in addition to clear spatial volumes, also
create functioning organizational structures for the various areas of use.
Natural wood, vertical lamella cladding, natural-stone and plain sur-
faces, as well as neutral colours combined with rosé and pastel-green
highlights, result in a coherent and contemporary overall appearance,
which is offset by rather unusual design elements such as the X-shaped
door-opener recesses and the horizontally split wall designs. Last but
not least, large-format window fronts turn the flat into a bright spatial
structure with a view of the Zihl canal from the terrace and light allowed
to flow through the entire depth of the interior.
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