Apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen

In the renovation of an apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Antenna Works focused on opening the existing plan while introducing new layers of intimacy and contrast. The result is a generous kitchen and living area anchored by two exposed steel columns — once purely structural, now central to the space’s rhythm and atmosphere.

A deep red linseed oil floor grounds the interior, tactile and quietly expressive against the steel fronts. The colour extends upward to form a built-in cabinet that merges kitchen, wardrobe, and storage into a single architectural gesture. On the walls, JO PA 13 Gypsum by John Pawson for Blēo introduces a warm mineral tone whose soft pinkish undertones echo the red wood and deepen the dialogue between materials. The hue binds the space together — adding light, calm, and cohesion.

Beyond function, the project draws on The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, where architecture becomes an emotional landscape. A hidden wardrobe forms an interior within the interior — a quiet refuge that transforms everyday moments into spatial reflection.

Founded in 2024 by Frederik Lykkeberg Larsen and Mads Vagn Jacobsen, Antenna Works is an experimental architecture and design practice based in Copenhagen. Working at the intersection of architecture, design, and research, the studio explores how form and atmosphere can emerge from the immediate, the tangible, and the reusable. Their work is subtly progressive and material-driven — guided by a deep curiosity for fabrication, tactility, and spatial emotion.