00:00My name is Daniel Doral and I'm an architect turned artist.
00:09So the building was built in about 1914, originally planned as a shopping arcade
00:15and converted into apartments in around 2005.
00:20This apartment is roughly about 50 square meters
00:24but it looks a lot bigger because it's got really quite high ceilings.
00:36So when I first got this apartment it looked quite different.
00:40It was orientated differently towards the eastern side
00:44and it had carpet and tiles on the floors.
00:50So I kept the floor plan roughly about the same but I did get rid of the laundry area
00:56and made that into a separate entrance into the bathroom.
01:01I'm a modernist at heart, more on hard-edge modernism.
01:06So I'm quite interested in quite hard materials like concrete.
01:11I wanted a consistent floor material and so we dug out all the tiles and the carpets
01:17and ground the concrete down.
01:22I also added a concrete bench in this awkward nook in the living area and in that nook area,
01:30I added a concrete fireplace.
01:35In the kitchen area, the main focal point is the concrete bench which I designed myself.
01:41So it's roughly about two by one meters and it has a waterfall side on one side which really
01:51essentially accentuates the concrete brutalist architecture.
01:55Below the concrete bench top, I added additional IKEA storage which I hacked into the space.
02:04The large surface of two by one meters also allowed me to not only use it as a dining table,
02:11but for prep and any cooking that I might want to do, but essentially to make the work that I
02:17make as well.
02:20So the design of the kitchen is generally the same as how when I first purchased it.
02:26The main two things that I changed was I introduced a mirrored splashback to add another dimension to the space.
02:35I also decided to get rid of all the door handles and have this really clean modern look
02:41and repaint all the doors in a high gloss white.
02:48So the bedroom is a regular size room, but it has quite high ceilings up to three and a half
02:54meters.
02:57I decided to utilize the height of the room to create additional storage.
03:02Two main elements that I added was a much larger wardrobe which went all the way up to the ceiling
03:10and a purpose-built study as well, which also provided additional storage space
03:16all the way up to the three and a half meters ceiling.
03:24So I decided to keep the bathroom as original.
03:29The only main change was to remove the laundry area which made the bathroom a lot bigger
03:35and that laundry area was converted into a separate entrance through the kitchen.
03:43I created a European style laundry, putting the washer dry unit above the newly placed hot water unit.
03:55So the entrance to the apartment comes through a corridor which is roughly about three meters long
04:01and in this corridor space I've created a gallery area with a salon hang.
04:06So as you move through the corridor it reveals a much grander, brighter, open plan area.
04:18So one of the main things that attracted me to this apartment when I first came to see it was
04:23it's got a large bank of windows on the eastern side which is roughly about five by three meters.
04:29It offers a great view out towards the east and the Dandenongs.
04:34There are quite a few archaea hacks within the apartment.
04:37One being the shelf below the eastern windows where the books and small objects are held.
04:50The balcony area which faces south allows me to get out and get some fresh air and do a little
04:57bit of gardening as well.
05:03I collect a lot of objects and I collect a lot of art and therefore the style of the apartment
05:09needed to be quite neutral so there are a lot of whites and greys and blues as well.
05:19Concrete elements in small spaces is quite unusual but if done right it can really act as a good
05:25backbone to the different objects within the space.
05:29And the best way to display them in a small space is to group them in small compositions which creates
05:38a good visual balance.
05:42For them I hope not at all for us.
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05:44DIRE County
05:44I'm thinking that was very unique!
05:45The need to find a big question for them is less than one to one.
05:51You have a beautiful UI film, this
05:54I'm wearing 1neg sieges
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