Millwork, lots of glass instead of walls.

Interesting challenge.

I’d try to make the south wall of the bathroom of frosted glass to let in more natural light and give it some more modern feel.

Also not liking where the kitchen is going. It cam’t move and I like the way that James put some millwork between it and the door. I was going to try something similar.

The laundry/bathroom remains to the right of the entrance. The south wall should read as a glass doored, large shower, with a sliding door to the toilet room. The bath tub I’m not really happy with (the bottom of the tub goes under the bench) and could easily be removed. A 40 year old single IT professional probably wouldn’t take many baths. Remove that and the space opens up even more though, and may be too big… not sure. And with the shower, I’m making a big assumption that the plumbing can be extended through the new walls over to it. If not, the whole thing needs to be changed…

The bedroom doors are all sliding, floor to ceiling, and can really open up that space when open (the dot is just to give an indication of where the doors will end, its not anything physical). The bed head I image as a ~6ft, kind of floating object, that separates the bed from the closet area behind, making a kind of dressing area. The closets will be custom designed and efficient.

The living/dining/kitchen was tough. The kitchen must be in the center, which is not where anyone would put it given the chance to move that plumbing. So, my compromise is a 6ft millwork on the north and east sides of the northern island. Its the first thing you see when you enter the apartment, and has a many uses. First it blocks the kitchen work area from view of the entrance (a pet peave), and it allows for a decorative object, art, sculpture etc to presented to people as they enter. Being 6ft high. the east side can now hold the fridge, and also acts as the mount for a flat screen TV for the living area, while towards the west side it can be a splash back for the cook top. Imagine an industrial style range above it.
The south island would block the bottom of the center section of the floor to ceiling windows, but would be a nice place to prepare dinner. It extends further to the west of the apartment than the northern island, which is not as symmetrical as I’d like it, but I think it would still work, and having the norht island a little bit shorter opens the dinning area up a lot.
(incidentally, the pre-renovation floor plan has the sink right up against the windows, but in the demo plan its quite a bit removed. I went with the positioning in the pre-renovation plan)

The dining area is also a study area. The wall separating it from the bathroom is built in shelving for books, objects etc, with a desk hanging out for his computer (i’m assuming he has one) for work and play.

The living area is simply a huge, comfy, sink in corner sofa with a flat screen TV.

I have in my mind images of all the important design choices I made. If I can find the time, I’ll have a search on line for some pictures to accompany it.

Thanks!