{"id":2976,"date":"2021-04-15T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reorientdesign.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2021-05-29T19:01:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T17:01:20","slug":"rose-hill-mezzanine-living-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reorientdesign.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/15\/rose-hill-mezzanine-living-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Living wall & mezzanine at Rose Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reorient designed a mezzanine bedroom with a living wall, for a one bedroom apartment in 2017. Making use of the empty space above a bathroom, our design delivers a new double bedroom with plenty of storage, a small wardrobe and a verdant green wall. Wall openings connect the existing bedroom to the mezzanine to allow natural daylight to enter and for passive cross-ventilation of this new space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moors, Ottomans & Magyars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The flat was located in the R\u00f3szadomb<\/a> (Rose Hill) district in Budapest; a region where many Ottomans lived during the period when the Ottoman Empire occupied Budapest (1541-1699). Still here today and recently refurbished is the Tomb of G\u00fcl Baba<\/a>, the Bektash dervish, poet and right hand man of Suleiman the Magnificent<\/a>. It is said the Ottoman inhabitants grew so many roses that this area eventually became known as Rose Hill. The themes of growing plants and islamic decor both inspired this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly it was our client who requested we use Andalusian tiles in the design. Andalucia refers to ‘Al Andalus’, the part of the Moorish empire which encompasses most of modern day Spain. Both Moors (in Spain) and Ottomans (in Hungary) were linked by shared Islamic faith, culture & design. Being asked to use these tiles here seemed both serendipitous and appropriate in this historically Islamic part of Budapest. The tiles are typically 20cm squares or hexagons of brightly coloured geometric designs generated from Islamic tessellation drawing techniques<\/a>. Many of the designs incorporate tendril and foliage motifs commonly found in arabesques<\/a>. With numerous reflections, symmetries and rotations, these patterns can extend indefinitely and thus suggest infinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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