Garden Apartment, Ramat Hasharon

five years to complete. The process began by considering the family’s current and future needs, which led to the design of a duplex apartment with four spacious suites, including the main parent suite. The original plan included a balcony stretching around the upper floor and an English balcony on the lower floor. Eventually, we decided to erase the upper patio, which would have shaded the lower floor and turned it into a dark, dank basement. Instead, we planned an upper-floor balcony that does not cast a shadow on the bottom floor and is reached directly from the dining room. For the bottom floor, we designed an open, lush patio that can be approached from the living room and bedrooms. This ensured the bottom floor also received a natural light and was pleasant, open, cozy, and inviting.To make a seamless transition from the top to the bottom floor, a decorative element that serves as a library and storage space was installed in the entrance to the lower area, concealing the steep stairway and providing a practical, safe banister.Three leading materials were chosen for the apartment: parquet, concrete, and oakwood.Using these materials consistently throughout gives the space unity and harmony. The other materials we used are practical and easy to maintain, in line with the design, which fuses thewarm rural style and the clean, straight lines characteristic of the modern style.

Photography: Shiran Carmeli