As promised, I'm posting tonight another example of work I've been doing in the office. It's a small project, but its actually some design work which can be hard to find in your first architecture internship.
First is the original (below). It's a one-bedroom apartment with small spaces, a traditional Dutch bathroom set-up where the WC is seperate from the shower, and as you can see, is really just small rooms and tight corridors.
So here is the redesign(below). Some elements could not be moved (service shafts, water heater etc) while others had some flexibility but couldn't move much (washing machine, appliances, bathroom fixtures). First its been opened up: the entrance now looks into the kitchen so that when entering you're not presented with a narrow corridor. The bathroom is redesigned in what I assume is a more 'North American' fashion and the washing machine is tucked into a closet instead of sitting next to the shower. The kitchen becomes more open as walls are removed to link the living spaces. The balcony is readjusted to increase kitchen space and create a connection with the living room. The program is adjusted to better reflect the private/public relationship of a house. The majority of the apartment becomes one large room as the 'one-bedroom' apartment turns into a one-bedroom/studio hybrid. Two objects (totems?) separate living and sleeping, sleeping and working: a closet/shelving unit, and a desk/TV stand. Now, light enters the living, sleeping, and working spaces from both sides, but admittedly at the cost of losing the 100% physical seperation between living and sleeping.
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