A Diaphanous Design

A Diaphanous Design is a comprehensive refurbishment of an existing apartment in Central Auckland. The project brief was to create a soft, filtered and textured inner-city home while also enhancing the industrial nature of the former warehouse building. This was done by stripping back the existing apartment, exposing the underlying structure and then carefully curating the space while incorporating a combination of bespoke and modular cabinetry units. The design was an opportunity to explore ideas of transparency, privacy, texture and modularity. A key design driver for this project is the considered and delicate use of industrial elements. Steel beams, joinery, cabinetry and exposed conduit have all been thoughtfully integrated into the space and yet (as the name suggests), there is a lightness in both the ambience and the adaptability of the apartment that belies the heaviness of the components.