In a search of something to brighten our sick day today we stumbled across these photos which did help us feel better. This warehouse apartment is located just outside of Melbourne and has a “Kinetic Wet Function Pod” in the centre. The KWFP is basically a fancy name for …
Inspiration: Red Line & Hidden Bed
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...“a bathroom & kitchen built to not be dependant on the existing building structure”. As interesting as that is, what really drew us to this was the use of the continuous red line on the KWFP. The red line changes between paint to tiles to louvers to doors to shelves and guides your eyes around the warehouse.
The KWFP has a built in desk that flips up and a extra bed can be slid out from underneath the bathroom. While it’s a great use of space we can only see it working if you have high ceilings. The architect for the warehouse is The Rexroth Mannasmann Collective and you can read more about their work here.
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What would be cool is to use that red line to integrate the KWFP into the rest of the surrounding space. I just couldn't see this working unless it blended more seamlessly. And the light wood floors with the dark wood cabinets don't help either. But maybe it's just a showroom, so I'll cut them some slack. Great concept, though.
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At first I thought the 'hidden bed' was in what I thought was loft area above the desk but I like it under the desk much better.
The bathroom is a bit too industrial or 'locker room' for my tastes but overall, I like the concept.
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I once lived in an apartment built in 1912 that had a hidden bed. Mine slid into a cavity that was concealed in a china cabinet/clothes closet/kitchen counter. Well, "slid" isn't quite accurate. It was huge and iron and rumbled like a freight train!
Other apartments in the same building used the bed-under-the-bathroom-floor strategy.
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