From Circulation to Living Space

Fűrész Street Interior is a residential interior design project by Planbureau for a private apartment in Budapest. The original layout devoted nearly 17 square metres to corridors, leaving a significant portion of the home with little practical use.

Planbureau reorganised the floor plan around a central dining hall that combines circulation with everyday living. Flush doors and continuous wall cladding visually integrate the adjoining rooms, while glazed doors bring natural light into the windowless bathroom. The redesigned apartment was completed.

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Private Client

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Apartment Interior

Budapest, Hungary

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Concept Development
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17 Square Metres of Circulation

The original apartment layout dedicated nearly 17 square metres to circulation. Although these areas connected the rooms, they offered little value beyond movement. A considerable portion of the available floor area was therefore underused.

The project aimed to reconsider the relationship between circulation and living space. The goal was to reduce areas serving only as passageways and give them practical functions within the home, without increasing the apartment's overall floor area.

Integrating Multiple Doorways

The new central dining hall needed to provide access to several surrounding rooms while functioning as a comfortable living space. Multiple visible doorways risked fragmenting the walls and making the room feel like a corridor.

Planbureau developed a continuous wall treatment with flush, integrated doors. The challenge was to maintain functional access while reducing visual interruptions. Natural light also needed to reach the internal bathroom, which had no external window.

A Dining Hall That Connects

The completed apartment is organised around a central dining hall that serves as both a functional room and the main circulation area. Space previously dedicated to corridors became part of everyday living.

Flush doors blend into the wall cladding, creating continuous surfaces despite the number of adjoining rooms. Glazed doors allow natural light to reach the windowless bathroom. By reorganising the existing floor plan, Planbureau increased the usable living area without expanding the apartment.