Loft Tour: Rooftop Loft

6/3/09

“Loft Gleimstrasse is the transformed room of a typical 19th-century building into ‘unfolded cocoon for an open mind.’” An open mind indeed. The loft needs someone ready to live in a futuristic-shaped space. Someone infatuated with curvaceous walls and corners. Someone like us! We would gladly take it into the future and move to this rooftop loft that lies in the heart of one of Europe’s fabulous cities–Berlin. Designed by GRAFT, many of the rooms like the living room, bedroom, and the kitchen are designed with openness in mind.

The rooms’ actual components and furniture like sofas, closets, and staircases are hidden in a sculptural wall construction. The kitchen, carved of a single block, is the heart of the loft. A sneaky feature: Folding windows and doors are used on the northern and southern facades which can be completely opened to extend the space with two 13-meters balconies. We would gladly curl up in many of the cocoon or cubbyhole nooks, like the one pictured at the bottom. Could you curl up in this loft?

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