Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 32 No 2 New Zealand | Page 46
Well connected
This reinvented and re-located kitchen improves
inter-room links, optimises light flow, and shows
off the good bones of the original apartment
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Dealing with tricky, immovable services isn’t
the only potential problem when creating a new
kitchen in an existing apartment. Often the real
issue is addressing any ill-considered previous
work that has robbed the unit of its best features.
Before starting on the new kitchen for this
project, architect Erik Rudolfsson first removed
several added-on rooms in an enclosed verandah that had once been open air. This reinstated
light flow into the living and dining rooms – the
most refined spaces in the unit, says Rudolfsson.
“We did have to cater to immovable service
points, but that was easily done by concealing