This is Day 169 of the Slow Home Project and we need you to join us in our quest to evaluate the design quality of houses in nine North American cities in nine months. This week we are analyzing apartment/lofts in Vancouver. In today’s design exercise we are going to be redesigning an apartment in New Westminster BC.
It’s Wednesday on the Slow Home site and that means its your turn to transform the floor plan of a badly designed apartment/ loft project into a Slow Home!
Today’s plan is “Unit C” in the “Inter Urban” condominium project in New Westminster – which is within the Greater Vancouver region. The unit is 741 square feet and has 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom.
There are several design problems with this unit, including:
- The storage closet and laundry area is not functional and too large.
- The entry and dining spaces could be better.
- There is a lot of wasted space in front of the bathroom.
- The bathroom door opens directly onto the main living space.
We need you to re-work this floor plan and post it to the site along with your comments about your personal design strategy – we will be reviewing all the submissions and posting the best ones on Friday!
Your plans needs to include the following:
- A re-designed kitchen area.
- A better front entry space with a closet.
- A simple, but re-located bathroom.
- A better designed laundry area.
- A well designed dining space.
You will get bonus points if you are able to include a study space – its a very tight squeeze so be creative!
Day 169 – PDF
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When you are ready, click on the player below to see John’s tutorial and his design strategy for this apartment/ loft plan!
Make sure to watch tomorrow for our “In Detail” episode where we will be focusing on study spaces in apartment/ loft projects!