Martin Hopp adds space-saving “micro elements” to his Manhattan apartment

New York architect Martin Hopp aimed to make the most of his dark, irregularly shaped apartment by using lots of white and creating clever “micro elements” like a retractable dining table.

Encompassing 700 square feet (65 square metres), the Hopp Apartment is located on the garden level of a 1930s, multi-storey building in the city’s Chelsea neighbourhood.

The unit has various limitations and idiosyncrasies due to renovations that were made to the building’s foundation.

Martin Hopp renovated his small, irregularly shaped Chelsea apartment

“Its odd layout and challenging features of exposed foundation walls and large structural columns were further complicated by being partially submerged below grade and hemmed in by

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