BRIEF:

The aim of the project is the design of a completely new interior for an apartment with a floor area of 99.3 m² + a 4.6 m² terrace, located in an older residential building in the Prague 6 – Dejvice district. Given the age of the apartment, approximately 60 years, a comprehensive reconstruction was proposed to meet current technical and operational requirements – including new installations, acoustic measures, and floor assemblies.

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CONCEPT:

The fundamental principle of the design is the restoration of the original logic of the floor plan and the removal of dysfunctional partitions and divisions. The layout is simplified and compacted with the aim of enhancing spatial continuity, increasing daylight, and creating a generous main living area that connects the kitchen, living room, and dining space.

 

The apartment includes a bedroom with a workspace and a flexible second room, designed as a guest room with a fold-down bed and the possibility of future adaptation into a children’s room. A significant change is also the new organisation of the bathroom and WC – the bathroom is reduced in size in favour of the main living space, newly connected to the original WC, and complemented by a generous walk-in shower. The separate WC is relocated to a room that previously served as a pantry.

 

Throughout the apartment, access to individual rooms is reconsidered; some doors are removed, while others are newly designed with regard to built-in furniture and functional flexibility. The original floor structure is replaced with new wooden parquet flooring with impact sound insulation and underfloor heating. In the main circulation and living areas, a light grey polyurethane concrete screed is proposed, visually unifying the space and offering practical advantages for a household with dogs.

 

Due to the poor acoustic properties of the building, acoustic plasterboard suspended ceilings are designed throughout the apartment. The entire interior is conceived as an open and long-term sustainable framework, allowing for further development over time without the need for major structural interventions.

 

MATERIALS:

The material concept is based on a neutral foundational palette – light grey white-concrete screed, white gypsum plaster, and white textured wall tiles in the bathroom and WC, which are also echoed in the bedroom. These materials are complemented by rift-cut oak veneer and subtle artificial stone / Calacatta marble in the kitchen. Details such as fittings and handles are finished in gold-toned metal, while lighting combines opal glass with delicate paper or textile luminaires.

 

A distinctive element of the design is the light yellow “butter yellow” volume, which is not conceived merely as a colour accent, but as a continuous spatial motif. This volume begins in the kitchen, seamlessly continues along the wall with flush, frameless doors into the bedroom, and wraps into the entrance hall, where it transitions into built-in wardrobes with a bench and shoe storage. 

 

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Year: January, 2026

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Author - study: Anna Nižňanská

Dimensions:  99 m2 + 4,6 m2 terrace

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