Rocha says situating the flat’s social areas toward the street “enabled a certain traditional way of living characteristic of these historic neighborhoods, where you know and talk to the people that live around you — a rare circumstance in contemporary cities.” Photo 3 of 9 in Minimal Apartment in Lisbon Divvied Up by Sliding Doors by Laura C. Mallonee

Minimal Apartment in Lisbon Divvied Up by Sliding Doors

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Rocha says situating the flat’s social areas toward the street “enabled a certain traditional way of living characteristic of these historic neighborhoods, where you know and talk to the people that live around you — a rare circumstance in contemporary cities.”