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Dutch architects share details of Corbusier-inspired tiny apartment in Rotterdam
A 74-square-foot apartment design in Rotterdam, the Netherlands second-largest city, has captured attention for its innovative use of space, as featured on Archinect.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeThe Cabanon, as its architect-owners Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer prefer to call it, takes the 1951 vacation retreat Le Corbusier designed for himself in the Cte d'Azur as inspiration and includes a living room, sleeping pod, and tiny bathroom component with a small toilet, rain-shower, and spa.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeEach of these spaces comes color-coded, an effect that counteracts the apparent cramping quality of the space. A series of built-ins are another pivotal inclusion, affording them space to store items for their guests behind a tangerine-colored wall.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeRamo and Upmeyer acquired the upper floor residual space in the upper portion of their post-war apartment building in 2013. Upmeyer is the founder of BOARD (Bureau of Architecture, Research ...