Shared spaces

The lobby reads as one quiet room with one statement piece — not a hotel reception. No water features, no chandeliers, no oversized signage. The travertine threshold from the entry sequence continues across the lobby floor.

The KAMENION mark is the statement piece. A single, restrained placement of the wordmark or logo somewhere a resident sees on entry — on a wall behind the entry desk position, above the mailbox bay, or incised into the travertine. The finish is the design language of the building, not a sign tacked on top:

• Incised into travertine, no paint.
• Or inlaid in a darker metal (bronze, brass, blackened steel) flush with the surface.
• Or routed/CNC'd into a timber panel.
• Never illuminated. Never larger than the architect's mock-up reads as a restrained accent.

Other than that single mark, no logos, no developer branding, no advertising of any kind in the lobby. The brand reads as one quiet gesture, consistent with VIS-03.

Two daily-use functions need a home near the entry: letterboxes for mail and small parcels, and stroller / pram storage for residents with young children.

Two layout options for the architect to weigh against the lobby geometry:

• Option A — letterboxes integrated into the lobby, strollers in a small dedicated room. Letterboxes are designed-in as a wall bay inside the lobby itself (in a proper, considered position — not bolted onto a service wall as an afterthought). Strollers live in a separate small room off the lobby, lockable, with a few hooks for outdoor gear.
• Option B — combined small room. Letterboxes and strollers share one small room off the lobby. Smaller total footprint, less lobby wall taken by mail; daily letter-collection becomes a quick step into the room rather than a moment in the lobby itself.

Either way: the letterboxes are individually keyed, accessible without crossing into a back-of-house corridor, and large enough for standard small parcels in addition to letters. Stroller storage holds at least one stroller per several apartments, sized by the architect against the typical young-family ratio in the mix.

The stairwell gets exterior glazing on at least one floor in three, and the same brand-finish floor and wall treatment as the corridors. People should be willing to take the stairs because they are pleasant, not because the lift broke. The lift stays the default; the stair is the choice.

The lift is the everyday default route (the stair is the pleasant choice — see COM-03), so its cabin has to do real work.

• Sized to move furniture. The cabin is deep and tall enough to take a sofa, mattress, wardrobe panel, and appliances without forcing every move-in onto the stairs. The architect to confirm cabin dimensions and door clear-width against a furniture-move test case, not just the minimum passenger code.
• Fully accessible. Cabin and door sized for a wheelchair and, ideally, a stretcher; level thresholds; controls and handrail at accessible heights; tactile / audible signalling.
• Serves every level the residents use — including the basement garage and any cellar level (see BLD-06), so groceries and bikes don't require the stairs.

Finish follows the corridor / lobby vocabulary (COM-01): quiet, durable, no mirrored-box cliché.

A small building service room so the common areas can actually be kept clean without equipment living in a corridor corner.

• Slop sink (low utility sink) with hot and cold water and a floor drain, for filling and emptying buckets.
• Storage for the cleaning cart, mop and bucket, vacuum, consumables, and a few tools — lockable.
• Power for charging cordless equipment.
• Positioned near a service route / the garage or back-of-house side, not on the lobby's main sight line, but easy for the cleaner to reach every floor from.

Can share the footprint with the building's technical / utility space where the M&E layout allows.

The roof is read from neighbouring taller buildings; it is the fifth elevation. Mechanical equipment is enclosed in a single screen volume positioned away from sight lines. PV provision is wired but unbuilt until a real installation tender lands.

Exterior lighting is warm (2700–3000 K), hidden behind reveals or in ground-recessed fixtures, never visible cobra-head poles. Light the ground and the wall, not the sky. The building should be readable but not glowing from across the street at 22:00.

The ramp entrance reads as part of the building, not as a service void. Same facade material at the entry, the gate sits behind a recess that shadows it during the day. From the garage, a small interior vestibule with mirrors and a brief mail-check moment opens onto the lobby — no direct elevator-from-garage exposure.