The apartment's highly compartmentalized layout was typical of the 1970s. Jean-Benoît Vétillard's goal was to transform this constrained setting into a fluid, bright, and adaptable space: “The challenge was as much spatial as it was sensory,” sums up the architect. “We had to redefine the living space by creating a new relationship between common and private areas, in harmony with the light but also with the terrace, which is one of its major assets.”