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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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