It was a sanctuary at home. It was the place where you retired after a long day of work, the place where you rested, the place where you could be yourself. It was your place, just yours. Or your place, where you were, meet again, reconnect.
Then came March 2020 and nothing was the same.
Suddenly, everything happens "at home"
The schools were closed for the first time. Then restaurants, movie theaters, malls, churches. Concerts, festivals and championships have been canceled. Everything closed and the only place you could go was another room in your house.
The trips to the supermarket have become events, and the ones to take out the garbage cause you to dress up as if you were leaving the house.
In fact, everything has moved in.
Through the internet and PCs / laptops, what was once your living room has become an office, conference and meeting room, canteen, theater, fitness room, meeting place for friends over a virtual drink. of beer / wine.
The kitchen has kept its original function
But it has also become a second office / classroom and extracurricular activities for children.
The outside world has moved in and no corner of the house has remained unchanged, not even the balcony, which seems to have undergone the biggest changes. In the first days (weeks) of isolation, people's attention turned to this clean, changed, arranged, DIY, painted, upgraded. The balcony, from storage space, became the place to relax where you could sit in the sun, enjoy the fresh air, drink your coffee, work. The park and the favorite cafe have moved to a space a little more than a square meter, located on the 5th floor.
And those who did not have balconies to change - because they already had a garden or a yard - found something else to fill their time.
Living room + desk + conference space + fitness room
I asked friends from Aqua City what kind of changes they made "at home" and how they adapted.
For some, it was about a redevelopment / reconfiguration of the living space and a better organization with "apartment colleagues":
" It simply came to our notice then. Since we both worked in IT, we needed a big office and that's it. We turned the living room into a bedroom (we moved the bed) and the bedroom into an office, so that at the end of the day we could close the door and disconnect mentally. The good thing is that we don't waste an hour or so in the morning traffic. "SM, 32 years old
" We both work in the university environment and that has meant that everything has moved online: courses, conferences, meetings. From morning to evening we are in front of the screens. And that's only half the problem, because we live in a studio of less than 40 square meters. Imagine you are working on a course and the one in front of you is taking a class, so talk continuously for an hour. Luckily we don't have classes at the same time. "OO, 36 years old
For families with young children, the challenges were greater, as was the need for extra space. Many have turned to residential communities or chosen to upgrade from a 2-room apartment to a 3-room apartment .
Larger spaces in Aqua City
Aqua City is a residential project being built on the north shore of Lake Morii, in Bucharest. Developed over a total area of about 200,000 square meters, the first block in the neighborhood will be completed - the "turnkey" stage - in August 2021.
The project started from the beginning, from the pre-pandemic period, with multiple green spaces - the first 100 trees for the park of the Aqua City complex have already been planted. What has happened in the last year confirms that the ensemble was designed from the beginning to be a good place to call "home", even in the context of new needs.
Detached apartments
Block 2, currently under construction, will have about 340 apartments, all detached . About 66% of them are 2-room apartments, with a total area starting from 64.7 sqm and reaching up to 104.07 sqm. The living room will be able to fulfill much better the various roles that the pandemic has brought to it.
Balconies - terrace
The surface of the loggias in Block 2 increases so much that they practically become terrace-type loggias.
The 2-room apartments are provided with terraces that have surfaces between 4 and 9 sqm, and the 3-room apartments are provided with terraces that have surfaces between 4 and 20 sqm. Basically, there will be enough space on the balcony for a mini garden, for a coffee / tea / wine table, for a comfortable sunbed and even for a shoe storage closet.
Glass wall between the kitchen and the living room
In Aqua City, the wall between the living room and the kitchen is made of glass. I chose this solution for more privacy compared to open space solutions, but also for the feeling of connection you get.
We are waiting for you at the Aqua City Showroom
The Aqua City showroom is located in Strada Rocilor no. 12-16, Giulesti area. We are waiting for you here to show you the model of the Aqua City residential complex, to give you all the details of the purified water within the complex, but also to invite you to step into the three apartments built on the staircase. Whether you are interested in a studio or a three-room apartment, you can walk through your future kitchen, step on the balcony, measure the dimensions of the large bedroom.
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