01 · Bandra, Mumbai · 2 BHK
The Collected Apartment
A small footprint. A deeply personal home.
- Indicative carpet-area target
- 900 sq ft
- Status
- Unbuilt studio concept
The imagined brief
A home with a point of view.
Make 900 sq ft work for two people who work from home, host friends and occasionally welcome an overnight guest. Give everyday belongings a place without allowing storage to dominate the home.
An imagined Bandra apartment for a creative couple, where a few expressive materials do more than a room full of decoration. Chalky walls, pale terrazzo and dusty terracotta create a quiet backdrop for books, art and objects collected over time.
- A shared living and dining room
- A study that welcomes overnight guests
- Full-height, visually quiet storage
- Terrazzo, cane and earthy colour
Material palette
The plan, explained
Every square foot has a purpose.
Schematic zoning, not to scale. Concept areas are planning targets, not measured drawings.
| Room | Sq ft |
|---|---|
| Living & dining | 255 |
| Kitchen | 90 |
| Main bedroom | 175 |
| Study / guest bedroom | 140 |
| Main bathroom | 45 |
| Common bathroom | 40 |
| Entry & shoe storage | 35 |
| Utility | 25 |
| Circulation & service allowance | 95 |
| Total | 900 |
How the home flows
The thinking that makes it home.
- Gathering spaces sit together; the two bedrooms form a quieter part of the home. Bedroom allocations include their proposed wardrobes.
- The diagram shows schematic room relationships, not a scaled floor plan. The room schedule totals the 900 sq ft planning target; it is not a measured survey or statutory area calculation.
- No north direction, window position or sea view is assumed. Structure, ventilation, wet-service locations and daylight would be checked against a real apartment before detailed planning.
- 01
Let the shared room do more
In a compact apartment, a separate formal dining room would consume valuable circulation space. A compact round table sits to one side of the shared room, keeping its centre open for movement and conversation. Its everyday role can shift from meals to a laptop session or an evening with friends, without creating another dedicated room.
- 02
Give the second bedroom two lives
The second bedroom becomes a daily workspace with a full-depth desk, closed document storage and a daybed for occasional guests. Keeping these functions within one room allows the living room to settle back into a place to unwind at the end of the working day.
- 03
Build in the practical layer
Entry storage takes shoes, bags and rain gear; bedroom wardrobes extend to the ceiling for less-used luggage. Flush shutters in the wall colour keep that useful volume visually calm. A dedicated utility area separates laundry from the living space, with ventilation and plumbing to be resolved against the eventual site.
- 04
Spend texture where it can be felt
Terrazzo-look flooring gives the main spaces a continuous, easy-to-clean surface. Cane is reserved for dry-area furniture accents, and terracotta appears in upholstery and small colour fields. This restrained mix brings warmth without relying on fragile finishes or leaving every surface on display.
