A sofa in the design of a toothpaste tube, a block of furniture that also hides the kitchen and bathroom and works as walls for pictures or a lamp that is a glove. These are just some of the exceptional solutions for a spacious apartment in Prague, where we invite you to visit.
The transformation of an apartment in one of the first apartment buildings in Prague took place on an area of 135 m². Just large, free-flowing space, light and interesting solitaires became his main motto. Nevertheless, some ideas can serve as inspiration even for smaller apartments, you just need to have the courage and desire to try something different.
See how the iconic and very comfortable Togo seating, loved by people all over the world, is created:
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Revealing hidden beauty
Energy. Space. Light. Imaginative details and practical art. Or also an experimental laboratory that tests combinations of options, colors and different materials. Or in another way – living with a central block in which something has been hidden. This is how one could describe the renovation of an apartment in a Prague apartment building, built in the spirit of functionalism, behind which architect Martina Homolková from the Malfinio studio.
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Reconstruction of a functionalist apartment by architect Martina Homolková, founder of the Malfinio studio
Where the kitchen and bathrooms hid
As time went by, the apartment also changed, so it first had to be cleaned of the impractical deposits of the past. An exceptionally open space has been created that flows around central furniture block. It contained a kitchen, two bathrooms, technical rooms and a wardrobe. Check out the photos to see how the surfaces of the block made of MDF boards served as a painting canvas. There is also a subtle use of pink in the painting, this color was used in various transformations elsewhere in the apartment.
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Reconstruction of a functionalist apartment by architect Martina Homolková, founder of the Malfinio studio
Color mixing
The pink reference is mixed with the apricot and blush colors used on the linen curtains surrounding the bed in the bedroom. However, so that the subtlety is not too much, it hangs above the bed the Black Luzy lamp in the form of a glove and a work by photographer Bet Orten on the wall. The spaces enclosed in the central block change in color, from a shade of darker brick to terracotta and also black.
Soft and raw
Subtle pink gains richness and appeal in the raspberry color used to upholster the iconic Togo sofa. He designed it more than fifty years ago Michel Ducaroy. To some, it may resemble a squeezed tube of toothpaste, to others, a caterpillar.
Comfortable and timeless seating cannot be overlooked even in the company of metal on the shelf wall, together with wood and glass. Just metal is used to a greater extent in this apartment, its rawness is supposed to balance the color delicacy. These are metals with different surface treatments, such as leached aluminum, heated stainless steel or armored sheet metal, used on furniture according to the author’s designs.
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Reconstruction of a functionalist apartment by architect Martina Homolková, founder of the Malfinio studio
Flowing with a joke
The large open space that winds around the central furniture module is unified by a floor cement screed. And it is refreshed by several playful elements. In addition to the lamp-glove in the bedroom, it is a hanging hammock supporting relaxation in the air or gymnastic rings. Both elements are located behind the kitchen and dining room. Would the intention?
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