Design project for a minimalist house, 106 m²

The combined kitchen, dining and living space shows the logic of minimalism across a generous floor area. A graphite kitchen run with handle-less fronts and a porcelain worktop sits beside a round dining table and a soft modular sofa at the panoramic windows. The high sloped ceiling emphasises the volume, while pale parquet and white walls keep the space light. Open shelving and a console under the television take the place of closed cupboards where storage need not be hidden. Light comes in from three sides, so morning, afternoon and evening are all provided for without a single dark corner, a rare thing in a 106 m² house.

The entrance hall opens with a restrained contrast of warm timber and neutral stone. The front door with a vertical glazed insert lets light through and visually lengthens the narrow space. Full-height fitted cupboards conceal storage behind smooth handle-less fronts, and the mirrored pier between them works as both decoration and function. A console with a shelf and a terracotta pouf are the only relaxed notes at the entrance. Pale porcelain stoneware on the floor continues into the living room, erasing the boundary between the entrance and the rest of the house.

The guest bathroom is compact and free of anything superfluous: a dark round countertop basin, a wall-hung toilet and an open shower behind glass in a black frame. Large-format beige tiling with barely visible joints makes the room feel bigger, and a niche for towels above the toilet replaces a separate cupboard. Black fittings, the tap, the rails and the flush plate, are the only contrast against the neutral background. It is designed for guests: little upkeep and complete order even with visitors coming and going.

The main bathroom combines a bath by the window with daylight and a separate shower in the same finish, which erases the visual boundary between the two. A timber vanity unit with a countertop basin softens the concrete tone of the tiling, and a closed cabinet with lighting keeps everything surplus out of sight. Black taps and towel rails hold the single metal line that runs through the house. The window above the bath works for ventilation as well as light, a rare thing in a bathroom of this size and one that settles the question of extraction without mechanical help.

The children's room balances a calm grey base against one bright accent: a large abstract painting at the head of the bed. A desk on a metal frame with open shelves is made to grow with the child, and a sculptural chair in deep terracotta gives the room character without extra decoration. A bed on slim black legs lightens the room and leaves the floor clear. Minimalism here works for the future: the base is neutral and changes easily with the child's interests, without any building work.

The bedroom keeps to deep graphite tones, from the headboard to the textiles, which makes it feel intimate despite the high sloped ceiling. A panelled wall behind the bed hides the sockets and the equipment, keeping the surface clean, and heavy curtains paired with fine voile control the light without shutting out the view of the plot. Bedside tables on a metal frame and a television on a console opposite the bed complete the picture: a place to rest without visual noise. Warm parquet balances the cool palette and stops the room from feeling too severe.

The study is set apart from the bedroom, a decision that separates work from rest even in a compact house. A timber desk on metal legs, open bookshelves and a sofa against the panelled wall make a proper workplace with somewhere to pause between tasks. A potted olive tree and a graphic painting are the only non-functional things in the room, and they are exactly what keeps it from looking institutional. The radiator is concealed in a vertical channel by the window, leaving the walls free for furniture.