MOM reinterprets a historic Berlin apartment as part of an ongoing evolution of domestic space, stripping it back to its structural core to create a fluid living continuum organized by compact functional volumes.
Project:
MOM
Year:
2026
Location:
Berlin
MOM transforms an apartment within a Berlin residential building completed around 1900. At the time of its construction, the building stood apart from the standardized housing of the period through individually designed floor plans. Following numerous alterations, the interior of the apartment had largely lost its original configuration. MOM can therefore be understood as a continuation of more than a century of ongoing adaptations to changing ways of living and evolving expectations of comfort.
The intervention begins with the removal of all non-load-bearing elements. Within the exposed spatial volume, a flowing living continuum emerges, organized around compact functional cores. Walls made of profiled wooden rods run through the apartment like a continuous piece of furniture, creating areas of retreat and storage. The gently undulating ceiling improves acoustics while bringing atmospheric cohesion to the space.
Historic fragments enter into dialogue with contemporary interventions. Colors, furniture, and art installations structure the spatial sequence. Areas for cooking, dining, and lounging flow into one another, while the private rooms are defined by distinct color compositions. Individually designed furniture, carefully selected materials, and colors come together to shape a layered and dynamic living environment.
Client:
Private
Partners in charge:
Jürgen Mayer H.
Team:
Dr. Paul Angelier
Marcus Blum
Lilly Czok
Elina Kolarova
Art Installations by Björn Dahlem and Christian Jankowski
Yellow loggia in collaboration with Tadan
Artworks by:
Álvaro Urbano
Julius von Bismarck
Ceramics:
Peter Aerts
Photographer:
Frank Sperling
