The Mercator Loft
In a recent apartment building, two adjacent units are joined together. What stands out are the sixties influences used to compose the building. Also, there is a soft corner in the dividing wall with the neighbors. Both elements lead us to Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti as a cultural understudy.
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The intervention is kept to a minimum: at the level of the living spaces, the dividing wall is opened up with an eccentrically placed column. The openings are thickened, and the floor is again finished in a Belgian red marble and a green marble from the Italian Alps.
Two basic functions are further specified: a sprawling kitchen with an opposite library wall are added. The design is structurally approached and elaborated in the same type of wood. A prominent fireplace with seating completes the permanent furnishings.
- TYPE Residential
- YEAR 2019
- LOCATION Antwerp
- SPACE 140m²
