SDM Apartment is a contemporary apartment designed for a multi-generational family by Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop, located in central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The client built a six story building, two stories for each apartment, the architects simultaneously performed three interior design projects for three separate clients, all from the same family; parents, (an older couple) and two families of young couples with children, each with different needs and personalities. This is where the architects addressed the same space with different distributions, each had a different reason on which the 5,693 square foot (528 square meters) interiors were designed, a concept far from typical housing in India, a space for living inside, contrasting with its urban context, with its social environment.

Specifically in the SDM apartment, after a talk with each member of the family, we got a well defined program based on the customs of each user and each space, the staircase located at the center of the apartment. It was designed as a sculpture in the space with more light and natural ventilation; with very subtle lines but protagonist of the space, it can be seen almost from anywhere in the public areas, it becomes the articulator of spaces and is replicated in other architectural elements such as blinds and ceiling; every space, every detail meets a special character of the users, every color, every picture, every kitchen utensil, every linen was specifically chosen to complete this project and to make it unique.

The bedroom is a place where the ceiling is an important element and which subtly illuminates the area, the movement generated in it responds to the frame beams that form the structure, ie, we have taken advantage of the space between beams to gain the maximum possible height.

The kitchen as element for family reunion has been designed on simple lines which together with the materials create a serene and elegant atmosphere.

The pooja room or prayer room was the subject of a major investigation that is expressed in each element, color and lighting, the carving work for the board is a real craft, integrating these elements in a contemporary way was our way to achieve a space for contemplation, spiritual communion, peace and harmony.

Each bedroom has a different atmosphere and they have been specially furnished with pieces selected from the furniture fair in Milan, we can see a wide variety of exclusive designs, artwork, rugs and tapestries, mosaics applications, arabescato marble and walnut wood contrasting with the white of the general area.

Photos: Courtesy of Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop