Modern Apartment With Natural Light As A Decor Feature

This modern apartment has a large surface and its main feature is natural and artificial light to create a mood and an ambience

This modern apartment has a large surface and its main feature is natural and artificial light to create a mood and an ambience

The Apartment of Perfect Brightness is a project completed by New York and California-based asap/ adam sokol architecture practice pllc. The 2500 square foot, Beijing apartment, which got its name from a local garden of the same name, began with a focus on natural light, per the homeowner’s request.

Researching how different colors and qualities of daylight affect people psychologically led to installing a system that allowed the ambient light to shift from warm to cool white based on the time of year, time of day, and exterior lighting conditions.

Another request by the homeowner was to rid the apartment of clutter by turning every interior wall into storage with folding wood doors, which also add coziness to the spaces with their light color and warm texture. In total, there are 132 throughout the apartment. When open, TVs, headboards, storage areas, and bookshelves can be seen, but when closed, a unified expanse of door panels keeps a clean, minimalist look.

The décor is modern and comfortable, there are curved spaces that seem to flow into each other. All the spaces are clad with the same light-colored wood and decorated adding some grey touches to them. One bathroom is clad with marble penny hex mosaic tiles and the second is clad with the same ones but in grey shades, and ambient lights makes both spaces feel like home spas.

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Most of the apartment is clad with light-colored wood, which adds warmth and hides storage spaces

Most of the apartment is clad with light-colored wood, which adds warmth and hides storage spaces

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Curved exterior walls create a flowing effect, and lots of light make the spaces cozy and comfy

Curved exterior walls create a flowing effect, and lots of light make the spaces cozy and comfy

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Bedrooms are made more private and separate from the rest of the apartment, which is an open layout

Bedrooms are made more private and separate from the rest of the apartment, which is an open layout

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The home office is very laconic, all clad with wood and with a desk of the same type of wood

The home office is very laconic, all clad with wood and with a desk of the same type of wood

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Open the panels and you'll see a lot of bookshelves, smartly hidden inside

Open the panels and you'll see a lot of bookshelves, smartly hidden inside

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The first bathroom is clad with penny hex tiles in marble shades, there's much natural and artificial light

The first bathroom is clad with penny hex tiles in marble shades, there's much natural and artificial light

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Curves make the space feel like a spa, and marble tiles help with that

Curves make the space feel like a spa, and marble tiles help with that

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The kid's room looks like the adults' one, with a desk by the window and lots of hidden storage

The kid's room looks like the adults' one, with a desk by the window and lots of hidden storage

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Lots of lights make the space more inviting and welcoming

Lots of lights make the space more inviting and welcoming

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The second bathroom is clad with hex penny tiles and with modern appliances

The second bathroom is clad with hex penny tiles and with modern appliances

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The bathtub is triangle and is fully clad with the same tiles

The bathtub is triangle and is fully clad with the same tiles

Source: design-milk