Chroma Penthouse by Studio Bosko
Chroma Penthouse unfolds across the roofline of a Kreuzberg residential building in Berlin, Germany, where Studio Bosko crafts a home around unapologetic color. The penthouse interior translates a young couple’s wish for “as little white as possible” into a vivid, primary-hued environment that assigns each room its own chromatic identity. Bright yet precise, the project turns an open plan into a richly legible home for living, working, and gathering.
Sunlight spills across yellow tiles and onto warm timber, catching the edge of a deep green sofa before sliding toward bookshelves built into the sloping roof. Color leads every step here, so each move through the penthouse feels deliberate and clear even within the open plan.
This penthouse in Kreuzberg is a newly built rooftop home shaped by Studio Bosko for a young, international couple who arrived in Berlin from Amsterdam. The clients asked for a multifunctional interior with as little white as possible, and with one partner seeing only bold hues, the brief pointed directly to a primary palette. Studio Bosko responds with an interior where color zones define kitchen, dining, and living areas, while more nuanced tones guide the private rooms.
Color Mapping The Plan
An open plan under angled ceilings could easily read as one large room, yet here each activity anchors itself to a clear chromatic territory. Bright yellow marks the kitchen volume, red gathers around the dining table, and saturated green wraps the living room with shelving, cabinetry, and upholstered seating. This approach keeps the layout fluid while helping daily routines fall into place, from morning coffee at the island to late-night reading on the sofa.
Living Room In Green
Along the eaves, a continuous green built-in runs wall to wall, combining storage, bookcases, and display ledges beneath the sloping roof. Above it, shelves stacked with books and objects turn the living area into a horizontal library that frames a bold portrait in orange and yellow. A deep, tufted sofa in matching green anchors the room, while a papasan chair and low tables in mixed materials add softer silhouettes for lounging and conversation.
Red For Gathering
At the center, the dining zone leans into warm reds without overwhelming the room. A long wooden table stands on a patterned rug, flanked by a mix of red-framed chairs and lighter timber seats that underline the informal mood. Overscaled red pendant lamps hang low above the tabletop, creating a pool of color that reads strongly by day and even more intensely at night when the garden-facing glazing turns reflective.
Sunny Kitchen Core
The kitchen is all about yellow tile and practical timber, forming the heart of daily life. Glazed tiles wrap the island and backsplash in shifting shades of yellow, catching changing light from adjacent terrace doors, while tall wooden cabinets provide calm storage to either side. A suspended metal shelf carries everyday glassware and pantry jars overhead, making the cooking area feel like a compact workshop where everything stays within easy reach.
Quiet Tones In Private Rooms
Beyond the open living areas, the color story turns more atmospheric and layered. In the bedroom, a low dark bed rests against a wall where red wainscoting grounds softly figured paneling above, with blue reading lamps and a patterned rug adding tempered contrast. The bathroom leans into deep green again, this time through glossy tiles that wrap walls and a low partition around a clawfoot tub set under the roof pitch, creating a compact, moody retreat for bathing.
As daylight moves from terrace doors to dormer windows, colors shift in intensity yet remain clearly organized, guiding how the home is used hour by hour. Studio Bosko’s palette-driven approach gives each zone a distinct temperament while keeping the penthouse legible as one continuous interior. Every surface feels chosen for the way it catches light and supports life in motion, from breakfast at the yellow island to a midnight read in the green-lined living room.
Photography by Giulia Maretti Studio
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