Cubic mentality: 4 story Paris flat fits comfort in 25 sq mt
Architect Jérôme Vinçon believes that with architecture, like clothing, madetomeasure buys a lot more than readytowear. When his friends Michel Craca and Gaelle Potel bought a tiny apartment (next door to the restaurant in Paris Montparnasse where hes head chef and shes maitre d) and asked for his help, he delivered a piece of personal architecture where every centimeter was scrutinized. In what was once a doormans room and cellar, Vinçon took advantage of the 17 feet of height and crafted four floors of personal architecture in just 25 square meters. Instead of creating the smallest staircase possible, Vinçon turned the entire apartment into an open staircase. On the top floor a mostly open bathroom dangles above the living room. Its semitransparent shower (the peep show) is suspended directly above the kitchen. Down a tiny boatstyle staircase, the bedroom is the final subterranean floor. Cut off from all light, it feels like a cozy captains cabin with lo
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