Apartment CK designed by RAR.Studio, started out as a property investment project, intended for rental, but soon became a personal project for the owner, who decided to leave Bali for Lisbon. A haven of quiet in the vicinity of the busy Avenida da Liberdade.

It occupies a building dating from the end of the 19th century, with a common typology in Lisbon: built on a narrow, deep plot that originates flats with several interior divisions and a long, dark corridor between the rooms on the main and back façades.

The entrance space was narrow, and the widening of the corridor – offering a niche to the entrance – transforms this circulation device into a single, fluid and continuous space that integrates the kitchen while generously and luminously connecting the two façades. In the kitchen, the structural reinforcement pillar that this operation requires is the motto for the design of a central worktop piece in stainless steel.

The street front is taken up by the master bedroom and office, and the centre of the flat is occupied by the bathrooms. At the back, the kitchen and a second bedroom communicate directly with the interior and exterior social areas of the house.

With a different construction logic – a metal structure – the extension of the building at the back, after its construction date, made it possible for the existence of a large opening onto the terrace, which was redesigned with a plant border.

Facts & Credits 
Project title Apartment CK
Typology Interior
Location Lisbon, Portugal
Architecture RAR.Studio, Rita Aguiar Rodrigues, Inês Chambel Borges (Project Leader), Ana Ponce Suero, Gitte Vandersteen, Jaime Rubio Campuzano
Date 2021-2023
Gross Internal Area 130 m2
Client Private
Stability NAVE Engineering
Landscape design Nina Gardens
Contractor RASA – Engenharia & Construção
Photography Francisco Nogueira
Text provided by the architects


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