Home-Office Duplex Renovation

Clean lines and the white tone of the floor, walls and kitchen trap light and spread it around, visually enlarging the home. The disappearing overhead lights (tucked into ceilings which hide the light bulbs) and closets (camouflaged as walls, with no frames or knobs) contribute to making this floor feel like a fluid space. The white facings allow the texture and colour of the Douglas Dinesen Fir on the stairs and upper floor to stand out.

The sliding partition is designed to separate the home from the office space. It is composed of a double lattice made from slats of Douglas Fir wood, except for the first section, which is made of a simple sliding glass panel with a Douglas wood frame. It is embedded in the dropped ceiling with Klein’s Slid Top anodized aluminium system.

The separation of the two areas with Klein’s SLID TOP system allows for an elegant installation of the anodized aluminium track in the dropped ceiling, making any type of installation look flawless. Similarly, the RETRAC system covers the fitting inside the panel, thus creating an image of pure wood from floor to ceiling.

"We designed wood-slatted sliding partitions to visually differentiate two spaces with different uses without sacrificing the flow of light between them. The presence of these partitions really stands out in contrast with the predominant white colour of the floor, walls and ceiling. We chose Klein tracks because their products are made of reliable, high quality materials and are very efficient, durable and sturdy, striking a nice balance with the discrete, clean design” said architects Sara Tavares Costa and Pablo F. Díaz-Fierros.