ROW studio recently refurbished the apartment of fashion designer carlos ortega's apartment located
in the polanco district of mexico city. the project was completed in a period of just 6 weeks on a budget
of 6000 USD with the client already occupying the site.

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following text provided by ROW studio:

'the intervention aimed to create a very clear division between public and private areas:
the public areas serve both as the living room of the apartment and as a showroom for
the client's brand. the private areas on the other hand needed special emphasis on the
storage and grooming areas where the client could store his clothing collection along
with his own creations and that can be used at the same time as a dressing room for
his clients. these areas are separated by a twisting wall of panels that span from the
kitchen on to the bedroom on a diagonal axis. a twist in the base of this wall enlarges
the available floor area in the bedroom generating sufficient space for a desk and at the
same time maintaining the spatial sensation on the outside. a similar twisted wall crosses
the opposite wall adding a large shelving space for the client’s book collection and to
exhibit some of his clothes.' 

'the whole refurbishment was done with OSB panels to maximize the budget with some
details tinted in several different colors in the living room and in shades of grey for the
single bedroom. these tinted stripes follow different color sequences going from yellow
to white when viewed from the entrance towards the windows, yellow to red from the
window towards the kitchen and from black to white inside the bedroom.'


























isometric view



plan view

project info
architects: ROW Studio
(álvaro hernández félix, nadia hernández félix, alfonso maldonado ochoa)
use: single bed apartment / showroom
client: carlos ortega
design team: isaac cielak and luis larumbe
styling: micaela de bernardi
built area: 700 sq. ft. (65 sq. mts.)
completion date: december 2010
photographer: jorge silva for ROW studio

(all images courtesy of ROW studio)