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A living room with exposed timber beams, a white modular sofa, a fireplace and a dining table by tall windows.

WORK — PROJECT 03 OF 09

FLOOR AREA M²

Havn

Nordhavn, Copenhagen — completed June 2024

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Location
Nordhavn, Copenhagen
Completed
June 2024
Area
142 m² over two levels
Scope
Interior, joinery, lighting, styling

A warehouse floor with the beams left where they were. Everything soft was added; nothing hard was removed.

MATERIAL SCHEDULE

A hand holding a pen over a printed floor plan of the ground floor.
Upper level as drawn — the beams set the plan
FLOORS
Wide-board pine, limed
WALLS
Clay paint over the original brick
JOINERY
Douglas fir, brushed, clear oil
WORKTOP
Grey limestone, sawn edge
LIGHTING
Uplit beams; low pendants over the table
TEXTILES
Boucle, linen, jute

GALLERY — 08 FRAMES

Gallery layout
A living room with exposed timber beams, a white modular sofa, a fireplace and a dining table by tall windows.
A living room with a beige sofa and yellow cushions, a rattan folding screen and white shelving against a plaster wall.
HALL — THE STAIR, AND WHAT IT LEAVES OPEN
A living room with arched niches, a slatted wood wall, a bouclé sofa and an olive tree by the window.
DINING — THE TABLE UNDER THE PENDANT
A minimal kitchen with light oak cabinets, a marble island and a long dining table on a pale wooden floor.
LIVING — THE ARCH, AND THE LIGHT AT FOUR
A cream armchair beside a walnut sideboard, an abstract wall panel above it and a patterned rug underfoot.
KITCHEN — THE ISLAND, FROM THE DOOR
A grey sofa with cushions under a tall window, a white ribbed vase and a low round table.
SITTING ROOM — THE WINDOW SEAT
A tan leather armchair against a deep teal wall, beside a fluted screen and a low side table.
STUDY — THE SIDEBOARD AND THE FLOOR
An open-plan kitchen and dining room with pale oak cabinetry, a round wooden table and rattan pendant lights.
BACK ROOM — THE BRICK, LEFT ALONE
A living room with exposed timber beams, a white modular sofa, a fireplace and a dining table by tall windows.
KITCHEN — THE LONG WALL, SEEN FROM THE STAIR
A living room with a beige sofa and yellow cushions, a rattan folding screen and white shelving against a plaster wall.
HALL — THE STAIR, AND WHAT IT LEAVES OPEN
A living room with arched niches, a slatted wood wall, a bouclé sofa and an olive tree by the window.
DINING — THE TABLE UNDER THE PENDANT
A minimal kitchen with light oak cabinets, a marble island and a long dining table on a pale wooden floor.
LIVING — THE ARCH, AND THE LIGHT AT FOUR
A cream armchair beside a walnut sideboard, an abstract wall panel above it and a patterned rug underfoot.
KITCHEN — THE ISLAND, FROM THE DOOR
A grey sofa with cushions under a tall window, a white ribbed vase and a low round table.
SITTING ROOM — THE WINDOW SEAT
A tan leather armchair against a deep teal wall, beside a fluted screen and a low side table.
STUDY — THE SIDEBOARD AND THE FLOOR
An open-plan kitchen and dining room with pale oak cabinetry, a round wooden table and rattan pendant lights.
BACK ROOM — THE BRICK, LEFT ALONE

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A living room with exposed timber beams, a white modular sofa, a fireplace and a dining table by tall windows.
KITCHEN — THE LONG WALL, SEEN FROM THE STAIR
A living room with a beige sofa and yellow cushions, a rattan folding screen and white shelving against a plaster wall.
HALL — THE STAIR, AND WHAT IT LEAVES OPEN
A living room with arched niches, a slatted wood wall, a bouclé sofa and an olive tree by the window.
DINING — THE TABLE UNDER THE PENDANT
A minimal kitchen with light oak cabinets, a marble island and a long dining table on a pale wooden floor.
LIVING — THE ARCH, AND THE LIGHT AT FOUR
A cream armchair beside a walnut sideboard, an abstract wall panel above it and a patterned rug underfoot.
KITCHEN — THE ISLAND, FROM THE DOOR
A grey sofa with cushions under a tall window, a white ribbed vase and a low round table.
SITTING ROOM — THE WINDOW SEAT
A tan leather armchair against a deep teal wall, beside a fluted screen and a low side table.
STUDY — THE SIDEBOARD AND THE FLOOR
An open-plan kitchen and dining room with pale oak cabinetry, a round wooden table and rattan pendant lights.
BACK ROOM — THE BRICK, LEFT ALONE

The building had been a cold store, and the first thing anyone noticed on the walk-round was how far the light travelled once the racking was gone.

So the plan is mostly restraint: a fireplace where the wall was thickest, seating that faces the windows, and no ceiling anywhere the beams could be seen instead.

The dining end was the argument. It sits under the smallest window in the room and works anyway, because at that end of the day the light comes off the water rather than through it.

Every good roomstarted as a conversation.

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