Open at first glance; secretive in detail.
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Layered calm
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Shelter
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Lounge
Compact living through subtle thresholds, crafted details, and a central plywood core that contains all closed functions. Here, light, proportion, and texture replace walls. What seems minimal reveals its depth through detail and rhythm.
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Texture
Openness in routing
The design process focused on revealing by concealing; doors that disappear, edges that align, fixtures that express structure rather than decoration. Through this discipline, intimacy and openness coexist, and the small scale gains a sense of generosity.
Coehoorn J. reflects Mister Muratori’s broader ethos: clarity, craft, and atmosphere working in concert to create spaces that invite reflection and ease.
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A small apartment within a cohousing complex in Arnhem transforms into a quietly expressive home.
The open floorplan wraps around a single enclosed core that hides the toilet, shower, and utility spaces behind tall, flush doors. Inside, a deep red interior contrasts with the raw concrete shell. The bedstay, subtly concealed, connects both sleeping areas through a smart-glass window, allowing light and view to pass through or fade at will.
Every intervention carries weight; the plywood enclosure with its cut grooves exposes the inner layers of the material, turning construction into ornament. Above, a suspended “snake” structure in steel and wood traces across the ceiling, forming a visual spine that also guides a climbing plant from bedstay to kitchen. This gesture adds life and continuity to a deliberately minimal palette.
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Grow
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Drift
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Open intimacy
