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APARTMENT V
project team: Bogdan Ciocodeica, Adelina Cucoranu
photo: Simon Baungård 
location: Bucharest / 2025




Designed as an intimate urban retreat, Apartment V reimagines domestic space as a carefully choreographed sequence of atmospheres. Located in Bucharest and completed in 2025, the project transforms a conventional apartment into a layered interior landscape tailored to the lifestyle of a young couple.

Rather than relying on rigid spatial divisions, the design unfolds through a fluid arrangement of spaces that subtly shift in scale, light and material expression. The apartment is conceived as a continuous interior environment in which living, dining and kitchen areas blend into one another, forming a flexible social core. This open spatial structure allows everyday activities to overlap naturally while maintaining distinct spatial identities through furniture placement, textures and carefully calibrated lighting.

Materiality plays a central role in shaping the atmosphere of the apartment. A restrained palette of natural surfaces and soft tones creates a calm, tactile backdrop, allowing individual elements, custom furniture, sculptural lighting pieces and curated objects, to emerge as focal points within the space. The result is an interior that balances clarity with warmth, combining the precision of contemporary design with a sense of domestic comfort.

Furniture is treated not merely as decoration but as an architectural device that structures the interior. Freestanding pieces, built-in storage and custom elements articulate subtle thresholds between different zones without interrupting the spatial continuity. In this way, the apartment avoids conventional corridors and instead encourages movement through a sequence of overlapping rooms and perspectives.

Light is another defining component of the design. Natural daylight filters through the apartment, enhancing the textures of the materials and reinforcing the spatial depth of the interior. At night, a carefully composed lighting scheme transforms the apartment into a more intimate setting, highlighting surfaces and objects while maintaining a soft, ambient atmosphere.

The project ultimately reflects a contemporary approach to domestic architecture in which flexibility, material sensibility and spatial fluidity take precedence over formal gestures. Apartment V becomes less a collection of rooms and more a cohesive living environment, an urban refuge that combines architectural clarity with a distinctly personal character.