Having undergone multiple renovations in different phases, the existing condition of the duplex apartment showed traces of lost identity and a fragmented whole. The project attempts to re-establish a backbone to the space by means of small on-point interventions—a set of door frames. With its angled form, these door frames redefine a new centrality to the shotgun shaped succession of rooms. All other added elements are given a clearly ephemeral state while playing with this newly defined spatial order. Even the staircase to the upper floor is presented in a furniture-like manner.

In such a densely built environment with ever-scarce resources as today, dealing with existing structures in an economically efficient manner has now become a prominent theme in our field. The project thus investigates the possibility in which details can become the protagonist of a fruitful intervention to the existing, representing a foundation for approaching architecture at all scales.