Located in Sydney, Australia, the Potts Point Apartment was all about a redesign to accommodate a couple and their child. Anthony Gill Architects came in and restructured this small (approximately 409 square feet) apartment to better suit the family and their lifestyle.
They installed a large partition wall / bookcase / hidden bed unit that reconfigured the space and tackled the lack of privacy. I love how the bed slides out into the main room giving the parents a place to sleep.
Perhaps the coolest feature is the bedroom that was created for the child on the other side of the unit. The child’s bed is set on a platform that conveniently disguises the parent’s bed when it’s not in use, which gives everyone their own private space.
AmyCat on 06.13.2012 at 17:01 PM
I love the huge Wall o’Books… and the slide-out bed, kept out of the way during the daytime, makes a lot of sense… but I guess the parents expect to never have sex again, what with their kid just on the other side of a bookshelf, with no door. I thought this design was supposed to *remedy* a “lack of privacy”, but having your bed in the middle of your living-room in an open-plan home with no doors or even curtains to keep your kid out seems like it would kill the mood for any but the most exhibitionist couple. Maybe they have sex in the shower? (Speaking of which, where’s the bathroom in this apartment?)
Emma on 10.02.2012 at 06:45 AM
Very inventive! It’s a wonderful idea for small rooms and for sharing. But I hope the sharing is between brothers!For parents the idea has its flaws…But it is a very good ideia.