The Great Unit Apartment is a modernist home located in Tel Aviv, Israel, designed by K.O.T Architects.

Description
On the third floor of an old modernistic structure on the outskirts of the Florentin neighborhood in Southern Tel Aviv is s gem of an apartment, a true surprise ? definitely not what you would expect in the 1938 building and clearly revealing international style.
To reach the apartment, you climb a modernistic staircase to the third floor, alongside a vertical thermometer window all the way up. It is a small apartment (55m²) that originally had two rooms that were reverted to an office. The apartment was purchased by a 40-year old single man who did not have special design demands beyond comfort and practicality. Architect Kfir Galatia-Azulay of K.O.T. Architects, who was responsible for planning and designing the project related strongly to the client?s demands. ?I appreciate comfort. In general, I believe in clear statements: clear and defined spaces in context, without whimsical and presumptuous elements that do not serve the client?s interest?, he explains.
The main concept for the project and its guiding context was to create a ?living machine?, derived from the construction techniques applied when the building was built while properly integrating with the client?s demands. These factors, alongside the apartment?s challenging area and shape, motivated the architect to ?create a space that optimally meets the client?s needs and lifesty...