Japan has been solving the small-home problem for hundreds of years through a different set of priorities than folks in the roomier climes of Canada may recognize: storage that disappears into walls, rooms that serve multiple purposes, and an understanding that negative space is not wasted space. These design traditions have a lot to say for Montreal, where families are still trying to make century-old houses work for contemporary life, and where the standard renovation playbook doesn't always cut it.
The Plateau Kyoto Residence, completed last year by Montreal interior design studio Indee Design, draws on that tradition directly. The project began as a compartmentalized single-family home in the Plateau Mont-Royal with an antiquated layout and now emerges as something genuinely different: open without being empty, personal without being cluttered, and designed for the long term rather than the next sale.
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