/ Kypseli Studio

The renovation of this 45-square-meter apartment in Athens focuses on maximizing perceived volume through strategic spatial organization and material continuity. To expand the compact footprint, the intervention utilizes spatial techniques that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, as well as private and public zones. The layout adopts an open-plan format anchored by a central inox-clad volume. Positioned along a lateral axis, this metallic core houses the bathroom and kitchen facilities while reflecting natural light deep into the floor plan. A mirrored pivot door enables spatial reconfiguration, blurring the boundary between the interior and the cityscape when closed, and facilitating transversal views when opened.

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#atmospheres    

00.MATERIALITIES

Perceptual strategies are used to amplify the sense of space and extend light into the deepest areas of the apartment, particularly the entrance. A restrained colour palette is carefully calibrated to promote visual continuity, reducing fragmentation and allowing the interior to read as a unified field. The inox-clad volume reflects and redistributes natural light, drawing brightness further inward. The mirrored boundary functions as a reversible spatial device: when open, it allows a fully continuous open-plan layout; when closed, it divides the apartment into two zones while reflecting the surrounding space, maintaining the illusion of openness and visual continuity.

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 what    

KYPSELI STUDIO

PRIVATE PROJECT 

 

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 how big    

45 m2

 

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 why    

EMERGING ATMOSPHERES

 

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 where    

KYPSELI, ATHENS

 

 

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visualisation | 2026

 VIEW FROM THE BALCONY   

visualisation | 2026

 MAIN LIVING SPACE    

visualisation | 2026

 BEDROOM    

visualisation | 2026 @Jerzy Goliszewski

 MATERIALITIES | KITCHEN DETAIL    

visualisation | 2026 @Jerzy Goliszewski

 KITCHEN DETAIL    

visualisation | 2026

 MATERIALITIES | INOX-CLAD DETAIL    

visualisation | 2026 @Jerzy Goliszewski

 KITCHEN DETAIL    

visualisation | 2026

 MAIN LIVING SPACE   

visualisation | 2026

 MATERIALITIES | RAW VERSUS REFINED   

visualisation | 2026 @Jerzy Goliszewski

 DOOR DETAIL   

visualisation | 2026

 MATERIALITIES | MAIN SPACEL   

visualisation | 2026

 SPATIAL AFFORDANCES   

visualisation | 2026

 PLAN   

visualisation | 2026

 SECTIONS   

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 what    

URBAN COEXISTENCIES

PLACE-MAKING DESIGN STRATEGY 

 

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 how big    

310 X 474 m

 

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 why    

MATERIALIZE THE INVISIBLE

 

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 where    

KATERINI, CENTRAL MACEDONIA

 

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 process    

01.MAPPING AFFORDANCES

02.PLACE-MAKING STRATEGY

03.CONNECTIONIST URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

 

 

 

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 DRAWING DETAIL   


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