{"id":325892,"date":"2025-10-23T07:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325892\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T07:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:21:18","slug":"alan-prekop-studio-turns-disused-office-into-apartment-for-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325892\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Prekop Studio turns disused office into apartment for artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office<\/a> in Bratislava<\/a> into a flexible apartment<\/a> by adding a space-saving custom-built steel structure.<\/p>\n

The apartment was designed as an artist’s residency and is in a former office space on the sixth floor of the city’s iconic Kotva House, which was built in 1930 to house an insurance company.<\/p>\n

Around one third of the main space is taken up by a steel frame, custom designed and built by Alan Prekop Studio<\/a>, which helps to organise the space.<\/p>\n

\"LivingThe apartment used to be an office<\/p>\n

A walk-in storage area with rails and shelves sits beneath the steel structure and is separated from the rest of the room by transparent plastic strip curtains.<\/p>\n

The steel platform also has a sleeping area with a double mattress on top, which is accessed via a ladder made up of steel tubing.<\/p>\n

The steel components are broken up by hot pink-coloured connectors, which were 3D printed by the studio in order to provide enhanced structural security to the overall frame and add splashes of colour.<\/p>\n

\"CloseThe structure provides a base for a loft bed as well as storage<\/p>\n

“The client wanted to have something pink, so we decided to accent these small details with bright pink colour,” studio founder and designer Alan Prekop told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“They are so important for the whole construction, so we wanted them to stand out!”<\/p>\n

\"ViewThe frame is constructed from stainless steel sheets and tubing<\/p>\n

In the middle of the room, next to the stainless-steel structure, the studio created a versatile, stage-like volume constructed from stainless steel plates and spruce timber with padded upholstery.<\/p>\n

It consists of six individual tiltable segments that can be adjusted as needed, turning it from a flat guest bed into lounge seating when required.<\/p>\n

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Wooden benches and more steel shelves sit at the far end of the day zone. The room also features two bright blue wall-mounted radiators flanking the window, which join the pink connectors in providing pops of bold colour.<\/p>\n

Restored parquet flooring was used throughout the space, creating contrast with the contemporary elements and the concrete vaulted ceiling.<\/p>\n

\"CornerPops of pink and blue contrast the concrete, metal and wood<\/p>\n

Alan Prekop Studio also focused on saving space in the entrance hall, which doubles as a kitchen and features stainless-steel shelving as a nod to the main space.<\/p>\n

Recycled plastic terrazzo forms the kitchen units and worktop and covers the floors before continuing into the bathroom, where it was used to create the shower enclosure and pedestal sink.<\/p>\n

\"ViewThe kitchen and bathroom both feature recycled plastic terrazzo surfaces<\/p>\n

Glass blocks line the back wall of the shower, with six blue blocks in the centre adding colour to a greyscale design scheme. The interior’s neutral and utilitarian design was created to make it suitable for its purpose as a space for local artists.<\/p>\n

“It was supposed to be a flat for a young couple, but after the political situation shifted in Slovakia, they decided to stay abroad,” Prekop said.<\/p>\n

“Therefore, we have decided with clients that it will become an artist residency to help culture and young artists in Slovakia.”<\/p>\n

\"ShowerBlue and pink details feature throughout<\/p>\n

Architect Alan Prekop founded his eponymous design studio in 2020, which completes a variety of projects from interior schemes and installations to bespoke furniture and artist collaborations.<\/p>\n

Other Slovakia-based adaptive reuse projects on Dezeen include a former mill converted into a contemporary home by RDTH Architekti<\/a> and a mixed-use venue within a former heating plant by DF Creative Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Nora Saparova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office in Bratislava into a flexible apartment by adding…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":325893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20371,11096,648,1032,162420,1033,171,25017,92915,94466,50759,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-325892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-adaptive-reuse","9":"tag-apartments","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-bratislava","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","16":"tag-sectionall","17":"tag-sectioninteriors","18":"tag-slovakia","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115422278530674445","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}