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In the outskirts of central Paris, this once run down one bedroom apartment was given a new life by L’atelier, nomadic architecture studio, who converted it into a simple, adaptable home for a family of five. By refitting all the internal doorways with custom sliding doors, and removing a wall that divided the living area from a hallway, L’atelier was able to add a new main bedroom into part of the former living area. Featuring a custom entryway closet and couch the space now acts like a hub branching out to the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen. This also allowed two new sleeping areas to be added to the home’s existing bedroom, including a raised office created adjacent to the updated kitchen. Choosing to use polished Mediterranean pine and light parquet flooring throughout lends the home a simple, unified feel in a unique format that can adapt as its family changes.
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Project Name: Michelet
Designer:
Produced by New Mac Video Agency
Creator: Colin Chee
Producer: Lindsay Barnard
Director: Nam Tran
Cinematographer: Matthieu Torres
Editor: Gilda Jones
Music:
In The Clouds by Be Still The Earth
Plead Pause by Dear Gravity
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Other than the low sleeping spaces that's too low in my opinion, and the very small sofa, the design is very good
Gorgeous
clever use of space in the kids bedroom, sure. but imagine having the whole family in the house, not everyone can fit on that couch and you cant even go sit on your own bed because theres no head space. cant even watch a movie together without sitting on the floor or pulling up an uncomfortable dining chair
Yeah, with prices going up, the living spaces will have to get smaller. But it's better for our planet than those huge American houses reachable only by car. I love to see how a family of 5 lives not in a house, but in an appartment reachable by metro! But their refrigerator is so small!
I echo the same sentiments expressed by others. For these places to work you need comfort, where is the comfy sofa? Also, 🪜 ladder-like stairs are not ideal at all. The kids beds were not thought through, look claustrophobic.
Muy Lindo, gracias
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strange that he refers to fairly standard veneer core plywood as osb? surely a mistake as you’d expect an architect to know the difference?
Love this ❤
In my opinion the two claustrophobically nooks used for beds should be storage spaces, and the space for the wardrobe should be used for a real double bunk bed, or murphy bed, or whatever else that you could actually sit on.( I'm a big fan of "lay out a mattress to sleep at night and put it away in the closet in the morning" ).
Or at least raise the office floor to give the bottom bed a bit more head space.
The whole place looks beautiful but the three children bedrooms bother me so much
Poor children. How do you play and grow in such a tiny space ?
The use of space in this one is really amazing. I'd be a bit concerned on how the bathroom vents though, being two rooms away from a window, and with one of the bunk beds being over it, it would not having access to vent out of the ceiling.
the bed bunks are chlaustrophobic
If I were one of the kids, I'd just sleep in the living room rather than in those coffins..
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Below office bed just creepy and claustrophobic, that space could have been utilised with slider bed. Or just anything other than sleeping
It's the color of the curtain that upgraded the look.
I see ikea stuff, the natural wood everywhere will get so dirty – oil and dirt from hands.
I love the content that shows how a family lives in a smaller space. Obviously viewers from countries where you have larger homes and rooms for each child aren't used to it
Why is there a curtain over the main entry door, please explain ?
Why does it have a curtain over the main door?
No windows for the bathroom?
I like the reimagining of the layout, but it still feels pretty compartmentalized. Why not put the living room on the same side as the kitchen and the office and two bedrooms on the left side? Also, the bunk above the bathroom is weird. It screams dark and moldy. And both bunks feel like coffins.
WTF? 50sqm in Paris? It's not a small apartment. It's a stately mansion! :))50 sqm in Paris – it's a Alibaba Palace!
This project is among my favourites. Bravo à l'équipe de l'atelier. I was wondering how high the ceilings are and thus the available hight for the two bedroom nooks. Thank you 🙂
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The layout is SO intelligent