New Affiliates事务所完成了纽约Gramercy Park附近一间公寓的改造设计，面积约46.5平方米，项目旨在为住在附近的建筑师们提供交流互动的场所。因此，改造的重点在于高效的空间规划和灵活布局设计，需要在小住宅内创造出充足的生活与工作区域。改造后的公寓既是住宅又为娱乐提供了空间，可以灵活使用，迅速地从家变为沙龙，从私用变为公共。

New Affiliates has completed the redesign of a 500-square-foot pied-à-terre apartment near New York City’s Gramercy Park for a strategic advisor to emerging architects who lives bicoastally. The renovation focused on efficient space planning and flexible programming to provide ample live and work space within the confines of a small studio apartment. The apartment will serve as both a part-time residence and space for entertaining, and can convert quickly from home to salon, and from private interior to event space.

▼室内概览，overview © Michael Vahrenwald / ESTO

为了优化日常使用空间，设计师将公寓划分为一系列多功能区。入口小空间既可以办公又可以作为厨房的延伸，此外，卧室也可以兼做起居和用餐空间。从平面上看，公寓由两个独立的部分组成，浴室位于中间，空间采用了大尺度的规划布局，让人感到宽敞舒适。

To optimize space for a range of daily uses, the designers compartmentalized the apartment into a sequence of dual-use areas: A small recess by the entry functions as an office as well as an extension of the adjacent kitchen; the bedroom also serves as a living and/or dining space. In plan, the apartment consists of two distinct zones with a bathroom in between, a footprint that imitates that of a larger-sized unit in program and feel.

▼轴测图，axonometric drawing © New Affiliates

▼入口小空间，a small recess by the entry © Michael Vahrenwald / ESTO

折线墙面连接了厨房–办公室和卧室–客厅–餐厅两个主要的起居空间。墙体具有多种功能，不仅内部暗藏着食品储藏室、壁橱和折叠床，还可以通过漫反射将窗户引入的自然光反射进室内。项目负责人之一Jaffer Kolb介绍说：“这面墙是公寓内关键的视觉标志，利于自然采光，同时将人引向后面的大房间。”“公寓内必要的家具，包括床、橱柜、厨房仓储等设施都可以像瑞士军刀一样收入墙中。”虽然这面折叠墙体占用了小空间中的更多面积，设计师却通过体量、光线和角度的巧妙安排塑造出空间感。此外，窗户下定制木工元素的设计也异曲同工。

▼折线墙面，the pleated white wall © Michael Vahrenwald / ESTO