Art Maisonette – Reconstruction of an Attic Duplex in Prague’s Letná
Art Maisonette in Prague’s Letná, a six-month road trip with children around the United States and a passion for the Czech graffiti scene and art in general.
Art Maisonette in Prague’s Letná, a six-month road trip with children around the United States and a passion for the Czech graffiti scene and art in general.
Since 1993 when Manuel, a journalist who loves rock music and opera almost as much as he loves social networks like Instagram, bought and moved into a 30 square meter attic apartment in Madrid’s Lavapiés neighborhood, the configuration of the space had not been modified.
Located in the center of Valencia, the project seeks to reinterpret the approach of this type of housing, recovering the potential of disused roofs. We like to think that each building takes away an open space from the city and gives it back on the roof.
We are in the attic of a 1930s townhouse in Prague Libeň. An apartment was built here in the 1990s. But there were too many rooms, more than the client needed, anyway. The joy of open attic space was lost in the clutter.
Variant Office were asked to convert a loft in Kilburn. The family was keen to extend their modest 1.5 bedroom property into a 3-bed family home.
A sustainable apartment. Unique and made to measure. Firm architects designed and realized a conceptual living environment from scratch.
This project situated in the old historical town of Foz do Douro, in the City of Porto, seeks to rejuvenate one of the typical old houses in the area and to adapt it to current needs.
By intervening on a roof space, more specifically in the attic of a building dating from 1906, in the 21st century, a dialogue is established between the different times and ways of living,