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of the home to the living room space. To achieve this, she brought
           the staircase to the forefront, opting for transparent perforated steel
           panels to create the stairs, the landing, the catamaran net, and the
           slide landing on the kitchen counter. The intervention was intended
           to be radical, using wood tones and navy blue steel with an intensity
           that varies throughout the day.

           The project quickly became a set of geometric lines appealing to the
           owner, an engineer by profession, and keen on alignments. Florence
           pushed for alignment on both the horizontal plane and vertical plane
           of the house. For example, the slide was custom-made to be the same
           width as the kitchen counter in order to create an essence of perfect
           geometry.

           A playhouse for kids and adults
           The duplex was transformed into a house where space is experienced
           in a different way from a standard house. Communication between
           each room varies due to the original, playful, and unexpected
           elements placed strategically throughout the house, addressing the
           adults as much as the children. A rock-climbing wall décorates the
           children’s bedroom, and a slide connects the catamaran net to the
           kitchen as an alternative to the stairs. Indee Design selected noble
           local materials such as maple wood, and the curtains add a theatrical
           touch, while emphasising the playful spirit of the space.

           A play of light and materials
           Initially, the house was lacking light. By transforming the circulation,
           the space now circulates light at all hours of the day, thus Indee Design
           introduced a solution that benefits from natural lighting from sunrise
           to sunset. In the morning, the sun shines in from the courtyard at the
           front of the house. At midday, the light enters the house through the
           skylights. A light opening on the ceiling, from which light falls to the
           ground at a ninety-degree angle, creates transparency between the
           top and ground floor to enable light to shine through.











































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