In the history of psychology, there was once a psychosurgical treatment called lobotomy, in which a hole was made in the skull near the frontal lobe, believed to cure mental disorders. For the atelier rzlbd, a series of its interior renovations for condominium units in Toronto have just been like this surgery, in which it has attempted to create an architecturally integrated space without touching the exterior and permanent elements.

In these projects, what was once very generic, overly defined programmatically, and cluttered spatially was given a clear spatial order, latent in the existing floor plan, and simplicity that conforms to the resident?s specific lifestyle. These have been termed ?architectural interventions,? in which the outcomes stand in-between interior design and architecture.
DOHA, like its predecessors, transforms the typical Torontonian condominium unit into an architectural space where the residents? lifestyle is truly appreciated. Originally, the rooms were arranged inefficiently without a clear spatial order. Programs were ?stuffed in? generically, which resulted in doors that collided, passages that looped around the cabinets, walls that broke movements and made rooms feel smaller. To ?cure? this space, the atelier first demolishes all the removable pieces and establishes an order inherent in the old plan, which is the straight, double-loaded hallway that runs from one end of the unit to the other. All the rooms are rea...