Ashgrove Flat
- Year
- 2025
- Location
- Porto, PT
- Size
- 118 m²
- Type
- Residential
A dark, quiet flat for two night owls, built around one long kitchen wall.
The brief
The owners work late and sleep late. They asked for a flat that feels calm at midnight rather than bright at noon, with room to cook for friends and a bedroom that never fully wakes up.
We took out two walls to join kitchen, dining and living into one long room, then pulled all the storage into a single dark wall of joinery so the rest of the space could stay empty.
Materials and finish
Smoked oak, black-stained ash and a marble with warm veins carry the whole flat. Every surface is matte, so the lamps glow instead of glare.
Lighting sits low and hidden: under the shelves, behind the headboard and along the kitchen wall, so the rooms are lit from the edges at night.
